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Obvious, and ridiculous at the same time! Do people really like this? After the Da Vinci Code (which was OK if you don't believe any of Brown's "Facts."), I decided to read more of Brown's books. What a mistake. Although this one wasn't as bad a read as Deception Point (Should heve been called "What's The Point?",) it was just as dumb. Predictable, sloppy storytelling as usual from the author. Who didn't know that as soon as they said the Pope had a son that it was the camerlengo? Where does the Arab henchman fit in? NO WHERE! Brown didn't even explain why the Arab(Hassassin) wanted to do what he did! It could have been anybody! The real villain here is Brown for writing such a dopey story. The book takes too long to get going, than is good for about the middle third, and then gets completely unbelievable. How did the camerlengo parachute out of the helicopter (which I knew was going to happen anyway- even the part about when when he was taking the antimatter out of St Peter's tomb- Where is he going? To the helicopter, of course-DUH! That was hard to figure out!)Well, how did he parachute to the top of St Peter's Basilica with thousands of people in the Square with all of the TV lights trained on the sky, and NOBODY saw the parachute? How does Langdon jump out of a helicopter from MILES UP with just a piece of plastc tarp to use as a parachute and he survives so easily, he's out of the hospital so quickly? Where did Camerlengo's body disappear to after he set himself on fire? That kind of heat won't turn him completely to ashes! His charred body would remain to be found! Hello!! Why does he insist that Piazza Barberini is oval Shaped? I've been there- IT IS NOT! I'm done with Dan Brown.