Code breaker
Just finished 'The DaVinci Code'. It was a page turner, but for the wrong reasons. Brown created anticipation by having questions that he kept waving in frount of you, and promising to answer later. Example.
"Sophie, I must tell you about your Grandfather, and the secrets he hid from you."
"Yes Robert, I have been waiting all my life to know about that, so do tell."
"I cannot tell you now, it's only chaper 20, lets wait until chapter 36, and that will build the tension."
The good thing was that the chapters were short, but book ended as if Brown ran out of good ideas to streach out, so he added a twist for no reason.
The worst thing now is having to read "Unlocking DaVinci's Code: Mystery or Conspiracy?", "Preaching Another Jesus: Decoding Dan Brown's DaVinci Code Hoax", "Breaking The DaVinci Code: Answers To The Questions Everyone's Asking", "Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind The Da Vinci Code" and "De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code".
posted by Mark at 10:26 pm
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We've just finished this book as part of our church book group.
Our basic conclusion was that it was a good airport novel but that Dan Brown is not the best researcher.
For example, GPS does not work indoors, certainly not in the bowels of the Louvre.
I'm not in a rush to read more either by Dan Brown or about the DVC...
10:30 pm
yep. The poor research that did it for me was that England is the only place in Europe that drive on the left. But good plot ideas, and his web site is nice and silly.
11:08 pm
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