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Inferno - Dan Brown Review

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Inferno is the fourth novel in the Robert Langdon series and much like, Angel & Demons, the Da Vinci Code and the Lost Symbol, it's a thrilling mystery adventure that takes you on a wild ride. The novel starts with Robert awaking in the hospital with no recollection of how he got there. One of the doctors that is looking after him, Sienna Brooks informs him that he stumbled into the Emergency room with a concussion due to having been grazed in the head by a bullet. He also learns that he is in Florence, Italy and that he cannot recall the past three days. A spiky haired assassin then walks in and shoots one of the doctors that's looking after him but before she can shoot Robert, Sienna grabs him and they make a run for it. At Sienna's apartment he calls the U.S. consulate and gives them his location. As he waits for someone to show up, he finds a cannister with a bio-hazard symbol on it in his jacket pocket and he and Sienna decide to open it. Inside they find

The Fault In Our Stars - John Green Review

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I decided to check out this novel as it's one of the most recommended stories at the moment as the movie comes out in a few short months. The story follows young cancer patient, Hazel, who's mother has pushed her to join a support group for cancer survivors even though she would rather stay home and read 'An Imperial Affliction,' a novel she is quite obsessed with and which is mentioned throughout the novel. At one of the support group sessions she meets Gus, (currently in remission but who has lost a leg to osteoarcoma) though Isaac, a friend who lost an eye to cancer when he was younger. After a witty conversation with Gus, she agrees to go to his house to watch a popular movie which she has never seen and thus their friendship and romance begins. I knew before reading this novel that it was a sad story and thus why I kept putting off reading it but I did not find it depressingly so. Yes this book is tragic, it will hurt your heart, the tears will fall but mo