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Origin, by Dan Brown

Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Series: Robert Langdon (Book 5) Genre: Technothriller, Adventure Fiction As with His Lady Mistress (Elizabeth Rolls) , which I reviewed in my last post, this book was sprinkled with instances of easily-avoidable redundancy in phrasing, which I found surprising given the success of the author and the assumed expense of production budgeting worthy of a storyteller of this caliber.  However, despite my Christianity and therefore unsurprising irritation at Brown's continuing use of fiction to send daggers of doubt and ridicule into the world's perception of the faithful, I loved this story in so many ways.  Since the publication of Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, Book 1) in 2005, I have thrilled to the sense of adventure and mystery inherent to Brown's work, as well as the logical processing behind the works and ideals of his characters. This latest addition to the Robert Langdon series kept up the promise of Langdon's ability to break a