STRANGERS IN THE MIRROR-- BY SIDNEY SHELDON

Its a page turner ! of course, all sidney sheldon books r page turners . . . but this one's got a shocking narration. each character is depicted so intensely that i'm unable to decide what exactly i feel for each of them . .

Toby temple, the hero ..is a lovable character who struggles hard, and ultimately reaches his stardom ! its true that if we dont lose faith & keep trying with definite goals n ambitions, we'll definitely be a huge success ! and i must say, i really luvd this guy. . i mean this charater !

Josephine czinski/Jill castle also struggles very hard, but she's selfish & does some really bad deeds . she does not appreciate nor understand toby's luv for her . she uses him to avenge people who had unknowimgly taunted her in the past . she's malicious n cunning !
but then, we cant blame her fully . . coz she'd had a bad childhood n had been deprived of several things in life. . !
she loves david kenyon, the brother of her childhood friend . . and as true love always comes back, david does come back . . but ultimately, her bad deeds pay & she cant have the life she imagined. .

ANGELS & DEMONS - by Dan Brown

It’s a stunning book, no doubt !
A friction wrapped up in a number of astounding hidden truths. . the characters are all well depicted .

Each character in the book has his/her own perceptions about who God is, and what is divine . . . and each thinks the others don't make sense . . so, all hell breaks loose!

Every character also has his/her own 'past', which is responsible for the way he/she thinks n acts in the future .

Take Max Kohler for example, - at 11 years old, he became crippled for life due to the senseless faith of his parents.
Though the doctors had told them that they could cure the boy, his parents refused to let them because of their animosity towards and distaste in modern medicine. They prayed to God expected a miracle to happen, which obviously din't and left Max lame for life.

and then the Camerlengo . . Carlo Ventresca, son of a nun & a future pope had a religious past
his intentions in bringing faith to people were fine. . but the cruelty with which he executed it, by killing the cardinals n d pope is something very bad !
Again, he's someone who has failed to recogonise god. god is 'love' & he failed to love his own fellow human beings.nobody ever has the right to take away lives deliberately . . and if it's for the sake of god, then there is nothing that's more absurd !

OK, so lets leave the religious implications . they differ from people to people.
but the book was great in the 'adventure' part !
finding clues. . tracing hidden meanings, the four altars of science . .
Robert Langdon has us getting awestruck & chasing for the clues along with him !
and Vittoria is a lovable character who wants to save people from her creation - the antimatter canister . . which is again a case of detailed study. .

Dan Brown rocks ! :-)