Dan Brown Inferno Tone

The novel Inferno by Dan Brown is the third book of his series. The first novel being The Da Vinci Code and the novel before Inferno was Angels and Demons. The book Inferno is full of character twists and cliffhangers from chapter to chapter. The main character Langdon has limited time to figure out riddles and puzzles before a deadly plague is released into the world. Brown does a wonderful job giving the detail of the places he writes about and explaining the setting.
The setting of Inferno takes place in Florence, Italy. Brown gives detail on the places Langdon visits. Bush explains the setting in his article by saying, “The novel's settings, including the art and architecture, may be the best part. Brown is like the Rick Steves of novelists:

In Lisa’s article she talks about how Brown uses cliffhangers in the novel. She says, “He keeps the story moving from one page to the next. Few writers have his ability to leave the bulk of his chapters with cliffhangers” (1). Brown’s use of voice in his novel helps give detail to situations and make the reader be more intrigued in the novel. Not only does Brown’s use of voice make the book good but also the tone he uses.
The tone used in Inferno is comparable to the tone Brown used in his past novels. The tone of Inferno is gruesome. This tone used in the novel helps the reader understand the situation the characters are in. This would be used if the characters are involved in a gun fight or running away from the shooter. Although Brown’s word choice helps the reader understand what is going on in the novel; Bush says in his article, “The book would be half as long if a good editor tore into some of this travel detail (not to mention the vast amount of repetition, often in italics)” (1). This shows the novel has its pros and

The way he uses the characters and flips them from good to bad is what makes Browns novels great. In the article, “What the Hell,” written by Acocella, she says, “because one of Brown’s favorite plot devices is to reveal, mid-novel, that a character presented all along as a friend is in fact an enemy or vice versa. To do that Brown cannot give his characters much texture; if he did, they would be too hard to flip” (1). The way of characterization Brown uses in Inferno is also in his past novels. The article, “Reviewsday: Dan Brown's 'Inferno' Is a Gripping Summer Read,” talks about how the main character of Inferno is the only character the readers can assure is the good guy. The article quotes, “The only thing the reader knows for sure is that Langdon is the good guy, as always, and the other characters Brown introduces could be playing for either side”