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1. What the hell is the fuss about?
2. Clive Cussler does this better. Cos he has more guns
3. Again, why is this so popular?!
2. Clive Cussler does this better. Cos he has more guns
3. Again, why is this so popular?!
CDouch wrote:
> Each one thinking they were slightly more clever
> and in the know than the average person, but really, they're just
> sheep.
*Shrug* I read it last year while looking for airplane mind fodder. Fast moving but utterly preposterous, full of incorrect "facts", ludecrous plot twists and extraordinarily badly written. Exactly what I was looking for.
I have also went through Mrs Pandaemoniums "Angels and Demons" (made me laugh out loud at points due to the stupidity of it) and "Digital Fortress" which is slightly more ridiculous than the average 24 season.
In short. Dan Brown follows the simplest rules of a thriller, but has twist after twist, clifhanger after clifhanger, appalling writing technique, but fills the void when you have been travelling for nearly 36 hours (like me now) due to cancellations and delays. It's sub par action movie literature with highbrow asperations. Nothing more, nothing less.
:D
[edit] Oh, and I flew through and enjoyed every one of them.
> Each one thinking they were slightly more clever
> and in the know than the average person, but really, they're just
> sheep.
*Shrug* I read it last year while looking for airplane mind fodder. Fast moving but utterly preposterous, full of incorrect "facts", ludecrous plot twists and extraordinarily badly written. Exactly what I was looking for.
I have also went through Mrs Pandaemoniums "Angels and Demons" (made me laugh out loud at points due to the stupidity of it) and "Digital Fortress" which is slightly more ridiculous than the average 24 season.
In short. Dan Brown follows the simplest rules of a thriller, but has twist after twist, clifhanger after clifhanger, appalling writing technique, but fills the void when you have been travelling for nearly 36 hours (like me now) due to cancellations and delays. It's sub par action movie literature with highbrow asperations. Nothing more, nothing less.
:D
[edit] Oh, and I flew through and enjoyed every one of them.
I read it before all the hype began. It's a clever and fast paced novel which I really enjoyed, despite the ending lagging a bit. The previous novel, Angels and Demons, is far superior.
I haven't read it yet, well actually I don't plan to. My dad read it and left it 3/4 through. He got bored :)
It's no dbout interesting - and it's got lots of nice historical/theological bits, but aside from the usual 'it's uber popular so I hate it' crap that could be applied, it really isn't that special. At all.
Like I said Clive Cussler is better. Cos it mixes all that weird stuff with James Bond. Perfect.
Like I said Clive Cussler is better. Cos it mixes all that weird stuff with James Bond. Perfect.
I don't know. But while working at WHSmith I had many, many people coming to buy it. Each one thinking they were slightly more clever and in the know than the average person, but really, they're just sheep.
1. What the hell is the fuss about?
2. Clive Cussler does this better. Cos he has more guns
3. Again, why is this so popular?!
2. Clive Cussler does this better. Cos he has more guns
3. Again, why is this so popular?!