Origin – Dan Brown (2017)

Origin – Dan Brown (2017)

This is the first book I’ve read by Dan Brown.
However, I never thought I’d one day embark on this adventure. I’m not a huge fan of the Da Vinci Code film. But I was surprised that I let myself get so caught up in it. It reminded me just how much better the written word often is than the film. I’d almost like to read The Da Vinci Code now.

We meet up again with Robert Langdon, an interesting and endearing character.

Here we meet a hell of a character called Edmond Kirsch, who has no problem capturing the attention of an audience and is so good at his show that he’s not the least bit embarrassed.

The female character is Ambra Vidal, a museum director.

This book made me think about evolution and changed part of my vision and my views on the passö and the future. There were very few moments when I got bored. I really enjoyed reading this story with its judicious choice of words. During my reading, in 2020, I was even eager to find out more about Artificial Intelligence and talk to it, given that we also follow a character who doesn’t exist, but who talks and to whom we can easily become attached. Yes, it does make you think of a robot, doesn’t it?!

As long as AI remains polite, nice and useful, we’re not going to reject it!
Yes, because today, in 2025, I’m really starting to discover the excesses of all this high technology in the wrong hands. We still thought humans were intelligent, so we gave them the Internet and AI. Serious mistakes!

A race against time, chases, enigmas, interesting questions, a great investigation… Origin is definitely worth reading if you like this genre and these subjects.
I don’t usually read books this big, yet I’ve just bought another one by Dan Brown. He is the author of many international bestsellers. The Da Vinci Code remains one of the best-selling novels of all time.

In any case, the cinema has taken hold of the trio: The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons (which is my favourite) and Inferno.

Warning!!!

Small spoiler: if you don’t know or don’t want to know who plays Robert Langdon in the movies, please avoid reading my last sentences!

He is known for his excellent performances in Big (1988), Philadelphia (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000), The Terminal (2004), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and so on. Yes, it’s definitely him! I’m talking about Tom Hanks. And imagining him in these stories written by Dan Brown gave me extra pleasure.