Inferno by Dan BrownMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
"The soul craves emotion, and it will continue to seek fuel for that emotion - good or bad. Your problem is that you're giving it the wrong fuel."
The whole idea of reading a book is to remove oneself from reality and to simply become immersed in the content and story line. What ever emotions come of it, so be it. Although it took me some time to really finish reading this novel, I found it to be quite thought provoking in a sense that even if it's all fiction, there's some truth that is being drawn into the story. The above quote seems to be one that was memorable in my mind. The quote came from a psychiatrist whom Sienna was meeting with to sort her own identity and place in the world. She was very unsure of herself at that time and was seeking how to best contribute to her current status.
Today, we all have to sometimes find ourselves even though we "think" we have direction in our life. It can be a pause, reset, or something that prompts us to really take a "moment". The book is laced with wonderful and interesting facts about architecture and Christian and Islamic art. It makes one realize there is more to just our day to day trudge; art tends to slow things down. The story line really kept the premise honest and hopeful. In a way, that's how I see things in life and that I remind myself that all is not so bad. Can we move on?
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