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By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
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Somewhat entertaining, but I felt like I had already read several books with the same plot back when I was in high school or college.
The writing sucks, but I couldn't put the damn book down. Brown may not have the prose chops, but he manages to rachet up the tension. The romance sucked. The puzzles were interesting but not compelling. Yet somehow, the eyes stayed glued to the page until the end...
What did I get out of this book? I went out immediately and read Holy Blood, Holy Grail and continued with my in-progress reading of the various Gnostic and external gospels. Now people outside of my Seminary class know what I'm tal ...more
What did I get out of this book? I went out immediately and read Holy Blood, Holy Grail and continued with my in-progress reading of the various Gnostic and external gospels. Now people outside of my Seminary class know what I'm tal ...more
Mar 28, 2008
Rae
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really liked it
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suspense-adventure-thriller
What a phenom this book has become! It's a page-turning thriller that was really fun to read. A great ride!
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I kept hoping and hoping that the writing would get better. It didn't.
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May 26, 2007
Elizabeth Hull-Morales
rated it
really liked it
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readandowned
May 27, 2007
Erica
rated it
did not like it
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Shelves:
fiction,
men-authors
Jun 10, 2007
erinsabs
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liked it
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ereader_library,
audiobook
