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]]>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:26:19 GMTitem_id_208intercodeshttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209
I wouldn't compare a book like The Da Vinci Code to books with higher aspirations; I would compare it to the other books on my shelf that are supposed to be nothing more than a good read. I have some pretty embarrassing books on my shelf but The Da Vinci Code fails even compared to them.

Dan Brown has no idea what he's talking about. He either didn't do or didn't understand the most basic research. Neither his plot nor his characters are believable. Stylistically, his writing is so bad that I could tell by the first *sentence* that read The Da Vinci Code would either painful or very, very amusing. (It turned out to be a combination of both.)

Put me down on the list of people who are baffled by his success.
by kutsuwamushi]]>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:57:22 GMTitem_id_168kutsuwamushihttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by lylalove]]>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:30:40 GMTitem_id_146lylalovehttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by osamabinrobin]]>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:09:23 GMTitem_id_124osamabinrobinhttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by ihatepavelbure]]>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 05:48:43 GMTitem_id_109ihatepavelburehttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209
If your opinion is that this book fails even as light entertainment, then that's another story. I'm surprised that the manner in which Brown weaves in Grail mythology and alternative/heretical Christian themes doesn't at least make up for the shortcomings in characterization - but, as the other commenters have mentioned, 'to each their own.' Compared to other bestsellers (I'm thinking of the likes of Tom Clancy and John Grisham) I think this book more than holds its own.
by cdogzilla]]>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:02:39 GMTitem_id_90cdogzillahttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by orodrig4]]>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:53:49 GMTitem_id_79orodrig4http://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by kuchin]]>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:38:17 GMTitem_id_59kuchinhttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by ssong]]>Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:37:29 GMTitem_id_58ssonghttp://reader2.com/item/asin/0385504209 by sheshejoe]]>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:11:31 GMTitem_id_41sheshejoe