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I am sorry but this book is dreadful. It is not the subject matter, as authors can write about anything they like and it doesn't have to be believable, but it is so badly written.
It really is
I too loved it.. The story is gripping
I admit, I liked the book, but not as much as I liked Angels & Demons. I feel the plot was interesting and the idea behind it intriguing. I could have asked for more depth to the characters, though.
Brown's books are poorly written. A novel or a movie needs dynamic tension and his books are one piece of exposition after another. He tells the reader what's going on rather than giving the reader the pleasure of connecting the dots. For any work of fiction to be believable, it must provoke the "willing suspension of disbelief." The Da Vinci Code fails to achieve this.
I liked it. Don't agree the writing was crappy (someone elses comment). Try Harbour Terror next. Also a mystery, but with spies and world politics. Very enlightening. Set in Australia.
Uh, hi Pamela. Just thought you should know that 'The DaVinci Code' is not a 'classical' novel. Get some education and then try some Dickens or Twain or Hemingway.
@ Alain -- thank you! As an English prof., I cringed when I read the original comment.
The DaVinci Code is not a good book. It is a piece of popular fiction, yes, but I find that the masses prefer stories that don't ask them to THINK. The second you start thinking about DC, everything falls apart. There are more plot holes and inconsistent characters than I care to count, it's based entirely on sensationalized conspiracy, and the only claim it has on page-turning is through tricking its readers into BELIEVING things that aren't true. This book takes advantage of the readers' own lack of knowledge and mistrust of government, and it reminds me of yellow media.
@Pam I think 'TDC' is a decent potboiler and summer beach read but hardly worthy of becoming a publishing phenomenon. My sister pointed out that people that seem to gush over it are generally people that don't read very much.
As for the original comment from Pamela, I am going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she is young and that English is not her first language ('but except'?) and perhaps she will learn to appreciate good writing eventually. What's more disturbing is that her comment suggests that this book was assigned to her!
I checked out your bookshelves and we have very similar tastes so I sent you a friend request.
Alain
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I am sorry but this book is dreadful. It is not the subject matter, as authors can write about anything they like and it doesn't have to be believable, but it is so badly written.It really is
I too loved it.. The story is gripping
I admit, I liked the book, but not as much as I liked Angels & Demons. I feel the plot was interesting and the idea behind it intriguing. I could have asked for more depth to the characters, though.
Brown's books are poorly written. A novel or a movie needs dynamic tension and his books are one piece of exposition after another. He tells the reader what's going on rather than giving the reader the pleasure of connecting the dots. For any work of fiction to be believable, it must provoke the "willing suspension of disbelief." The Da Vinci Code fails to achieve this.
I liked it. Don't agree the writing was crappy (someone elses comment). Try Harbour Terror next. Also a mystery, but with spies and world politics. Very enlightening. Set in Australia.
Uh, hi Pamela. Just thought you should know that 'The DaVinci Code' is not a 'classical' novel. Get some education and then try some Dickens or Twain or Hemingway.
@ Alain -- thank you! As an English prof., I cringed when I read the original comment.The DaVinci Code is not a good book. It is a piece of popular fiction, yes, but I find that the masses prefer stories that don't ask them to THINK. The second you start thinking about DC, everything falls apart. There are more plot holes and inconsistent characters than I care to count, it's based entirely on sensationalized conspiracy, and the only claim it has on page-turning is through tricking its readers into BELIEVING things that aren't true. This book takes advantage of the readers' own lack of knowledge and mistrust of government, and it reminds me of yellow media.
@Pam I think 'TDC' is a decent potboiler and summer beach read but hardly worthy of becoming a publishing phenomenon. My sister pointed out that people that seem to gush over it are generally people that don't read very much.As for the original comment from Pamela, I am going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she is young and that English is not her first language ('but except'?) and perhaps she will learn to appreciate good writing eventually. What's more disturbing is that her comment suggests that this book was assigned to her!
I checked out your bookshelves and we have very similar tastes so I sent you a friend request.
Alain
