Dusted Off: Just Shoot Me Now

Langdon stared at the picture, his horror now laced with fear. The image was gruesome and profoundly strange, bringing with it an unsettling sense of déjà vu. A little over a year ago, Langdon had received a photograph of a corpse and a similar request for help. Twenty-four hours later, he had almost lost his life inside Vatican City. This photo was entirely different, and yet something about the scenario felt disquietingly familiar.

I know the feeling.

Actually, Brown’s showing a greater degree of subtlety so far than I thought he was capable. Still, the first few chapters are disquietingly familiar–practically carbon copies of Angels & Demons

(don’t worry, after I vent my spleen about the aesthetic problems with this thing, I’ll hop on to an extended post about Brown and religion….which, y’know, nobody’s doing…)