Posted on 01/02/2006 12:55:51 PM PST by wagglebee
I love historical fiction, but the underlying story in this one was so unbelievably terrible, it made my teeth break.
Teeny, I would suggest Umberto Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum.' Excellent read, on basically the same premise as 'The DaVinci Code,' but so much more plausible and better written (and I did enjoy the DaVinci Code, but had a hard time starting it and accepting the premise that a dying man had enough time and wits to plant the myriad of clues...but I did enjoy it. Weak ending though.)
There were little bits in DVC that I found interesting, but on the whole, the story between the man and the woman really had me cringing.
DVC had gotten such rave reviews, and I had heard from so many people what a great book it was, important even (I know know those people are insane).
I was just expecting a great work of art, when in reality it's just a silly little book.
LOL...yes...early on, when Sophie is described as having auburn hair, I just thought..."pre-casting Julia Roberts?"
Yes, Mitch Rapp is truly the man.
LOL, great comment.
BTW, from accounts, Joseph Smith's last words were "Oh Lord, my God."
Perhaps I read more than you do, and recognize crap when I see it.
Did pretty well for being a book of crap. Why don't you just say you didn't like it, but others might. Like me. I liked it. Was well written. Kept you hanging, chapter to chapter. Brown sold a whole lot of books, so obviously a large amount of people don't feel like you do. You may not like the anti-Catholic slant, which it has bigtime, but if you ignore his liberal, anti-church bias, the story itself was a good read and a cliff hanger. Will buy the next, and personally I can't stand Dan Brown's politics, but I like his writing abilities.
Could not have said it better myself. I thought that it was a great read and I am looking forward to his next book.
Truer words are seldom spoken.
You could easily make the case that Brown is a good to excellent storyteller, but he is an atrocious writer. The writing in The Da Vinci Code was so awful, I found myself alternately laughing and weeping as I moved from page to page. Dan Brown is many things, but he is NOT a good writer.
I know different people like different things. I was just being ill tempered to a poster who was being rude to me.
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