Angels and Demons - a grizzly weekend (10th Jul 06, Mon)

I got my hands onto Angels and Demons by Dan Brown for the weekend. Thanks to my sister's school librarian's generosity, I had this copy (along with the Da Vinci code) even though her school year was technically over. Sometimes my sister is of good use. The local library had 2000+ holds on the book. I was almost beginning to imagine that I would only get the book when I have finished watching the movie (note: I never have watched popular movies within their time at the theatres - usually 3 - 4 years after they are released. So that gives you an explanantion of why I thought so).
So, going back to the book - I don't wish to get entangled in some form copyright issue or other printing problems. Neither do I want to spoil the ecstasy of reading a book for its ending. So, simply putting it, it was one of the few books that challenged religion and addressed the issue of ongoing debate between science and religion. I could well see, both sides of the argument that the author was putting through one of the important characters (This was an advantage I carried from my debating society extracurricular activity). It was very interesting to go back into history of science. Italian art history was testing, for I have no extensive knowledge on the subject. The arena of symbiology was very very interesting to a pictorial and visual person like me. Yet, I found it hard to digest the gruesome account of the murders - for I could almost imagine them. I could not help, but get a gulp of water everytime something was mentioned or I could feel myself sweating. Too emotional you might say, but without getting the feel for the book, there is little fun in reading anything.
Thus was my weekend spent in reading an agonising, mysterious and interesting book. A total of about 600 paperback book completed in a span of 6 hours. Phew! Now, on to its second part. Da Vinci code, here I come..