Maura's review
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Maura's review
rating:



recommended for: someone interested in a completely mindless beach read
status: Read in July, 2006
rating:
recommended for: someone interested in a completely mindless beach read
status: Read in July, 2006
I've finally started reading that ever so controversial best-seller by Dan Brown. Actually, not reading it, listening to it while driving around Lansing, MI. This book seems to have changed the minds of many Catholics (my grandfather included) and Protestants alike. Granted, there have long been rumors of secret societies and organizations within the Roman Catholic Church, and historical cover-ups are rampant throughout civilization.
HOWEVER,
The book is crap. It's not at all well written. Brown seems to feel that in order to impress the mystery of the supposed Holy Grail conspiracy upon his readers, he must be repetitive and condescending. It almost seems that the whole purpose of the book is to tell the world how much Brown knows about obscure art history and symbology, and that he is willing to explain it to the teeming masses of uniformed Christendom. His constant use of cliff-hanger chapter endings (almost every chapter) makes the novel read like it was originally i...more
HOWEVER,
The book is crap. It's not at all well written. Brown seems to feel that in order to impress the mystery of the supposed Holy Grail conspiracy upon his readers, he must be repetitive and condescending. It almost seems that the whole purpose of the book is to tell the world how much Brown knows about obscure art history and symbology, and that he is willing to explain it to the teeming masses of uniformed Christendom. His constant use of cliff-hanger chapter endings (almost every chapter) makes the novel read like it was originally i...more
Well the consensus disagrees with you. There's a reason some novels attain this kind of success, acclaim, and sales
I agree that there's a reason that type of novel attains "success, acclaim, and sales." It's because people want to read fluff. No one wants to work for meaning anymore. Why do you think Dean Koontz is so popular?
Just my opinion.
Right and only the obscure and unnoticed can be acclaimed. no chance you would have written this review had it become such smash success. This by no means was fluff, it's well-written and not a guilty pleasure beach read you write it off as.


