Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

The second book I finished reading in my life! From the first page all the way to the last! Cheers~

Ok it's not any new book and some of you might have already read it. But just a simple summary for those who didn't!

It is basically a story about the conflict between science and religion. The entire story in the book happened within 1 day, with the canister of antimatter (ask jh abt it..) was stolen from CERN and a series of actions to retrieve it within 24hrs before it 'explodes'. Riddles and more riddles by the ancient secret brotherhood illuminati, supposedly made up of brightest scientists/archis all over the world, was being uncovered in the quest of finding the antimatter canister that was hidden somewhere in Vatican..


I LOVE the book! Not many book can keep me reading beyond the first 10 pages but this one definitely did, with all the twist and suspence factors that makes you want to read on! That's why I dont want to narrate too much in the summary so that those who have not read this book before can go and pick up a copy! Definitely worth the time reading, and considering it from someone who don't really enjoy reading, it has to be damn good! :D

The suspence is amazing, and the twist is godly! In fact, this book somehow really manage to integrate Science and Religion in a way I did not think of before. As a typical freethinker like me, most kind of religion around did really interest me a single bit. But the book manage to put it is such a logical way that somehow it makes abit more sense! Perhaps is the unbias attitude and style of writing that makes religion suddenly more acceptable to me.

From my own point of view..
It doesnt matter whether you are a catholic, buddhist, taoist of whatsoever, religion is simply about a firm belief. Though it doesnt mean that when u belief strongly in something that thing will definitely come true, the belief indeed gives mental strength and confidence to move on against the tides. Drawing from the book (but not direct quote cos i cant find the exact paragraph xD), 'as you pray, meditate or focus on something real hard and believe in it, the mind will suddenly clear as your usually inactive part of the brain gets activated momentarily...this is when you see light in religious term, something that you actually knew but din realise before..'

I am still a more scientific person, but i dont really reject any religion. Still consider myself as a freethinker simply because there isnt anything that i can really firmly believe in as of now, maybe except in my 'beyondalltalents - genius of hardwork' theory. haha..can refer to the 1st and 2nd entries in this blog if you have no idea what is it about~ but it's quite self explanatory anyway =)

The joy of reading..i suddenly feel it..how true reading can really widen your horizon and expose you to things you never thought of before. These are really the kind of books I like to read..books that you really can learn something from..some comics have this effect too! =p
Cheers~