Origin by Dan Brown

Origin by Dan Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Professor Robert Langdon is back in this action mystery story, where he is attending a presentation by his extremely talented former student who bears a striking resemblance to a Steve Jobs, as a visionary computer geek. When his student is assassinated, Professor Langdon is once again on a mission to find out what happened and help his former student fulfill his plan to share a mysterious discovery that will change how the world will view organized religion. A central figure in the story is an A.I named Winston. While it was fun to read along as Robert Langdon figures out each clue in the mystery, this book felt forced and lacked the originality of Dan Brown's earlier books. Origin gets very repetitive at times and instead of letting the readers come to their own conclusion, the book feels preachy and strained. The minor characters were dull and uninteresting, with stereotypical villains and an actual charming prince. Despite all of that, I would recommend this book because Robert Langdon is always a fun character.

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