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View Poll Results: What do you think of Dan Brown's books | |||
Five stars - the best of their kind | 6 | 6.74% | |
Four Stars - good but not good enough to be five stars | 19 | 21.35% | |
Three Stars - Average | 26 | 29.21% | |
Two stars - Below average | 11 | 12.36% | |
One star - Not good | 5 | 5.62% | |
Zero - To line the bottom of a bird's cage with them wood be an insult to the bird | 11 | 12.36% | |
The Blue one next to the Fish | 11 | 12.36% | |
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01-12-2014, 09:31 PM | #1 |
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What is your opinion of Dan Brown's books? I am reading his newly published book Inferno.
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01-12-2014, 10:52 PM | #2 |
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I really enjoyed "Deception Point" and "Angels & Demons", but I thought that "The Da Vinci Code" was the most overrated book I ever read. Having read "The Holy Blood & the Holy Grail" when I was younger, I thought that "The Da Vinci Code" was basically a ripoff, and the plot wasn't earthshatteringly controversial or even new to me.
I found "The Lost Symbol" difficult to finish, and I gave up on "Inferno" about a quarter of the way through. I doubt I'll bother with his next one at all. |
01-13-2014, 08:33 AM | #3 |
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I find it difficult to rate Dan Brown's books. If I don't take them seriously and don't think about it too hard I can enjoy them. They can be enjoyed by a wide range of people including people who typically don't like to read. If the goal is to make lots of money they are brilliant and I think many authors could learn from that. If the goal is to make a piece of literature they are a complete failure. They are like a 'Rocky' movie.
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01-13-2014, 09:27 AM | #4 |
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I am not sure how to rate because I was completely enthralled with the Da Vinci Code: I read it many years ago, didn't know what to expect, and I had never read anything like it so (to me) it was fresh and exciting. But since then, I have found his other books to range from ok to tedious. If someone can tell me that Inferno is better than The Lost Symbol, I would pick it up.
I haven't really found other authors who gave me the same kind of thrill that I got from reading the Da Vinci Code, either. I guess it was just the right book at the right time, for me. eP |
01-13-2014, 10:28 AM | #5 |
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I think it's a lot like fast food. I don't like the idea of eating it and it's probably not good for me but sometimes it fills the need nicely.
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01-13-2014, 10:32 AM | #6 |
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Never read any Dan Brown.
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I hated Digital Fortress and gave it 1 star. I purchased Deception Point a few years ago and mean to read it someday. |
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01-13-2014, 10:55 AM | #8 |
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Wow. Poll's all over the map so far.
Digital Fortress may have ruined me, because, being even a little knowledgeable in the field, it was hard to suspend disbelief with all the nonsense he was spewing. I picked up up the DaVinci Code audiobook on sale a while back, so maybe I'll give him another try. Since I neither know nor care about any potential accuracy in bible codes, Knights Templar, free masons, etc, I may be able to better appreciate it. Last edited by ApK; 01-14-2014 at 10:09 AM. |
01-13-2014, 11:39 AM | #9 |
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But... If I were to compare Dan Brown to a Rocky movie, I would say he'd be Rocky V. Last edited by AlbertaCowboy; 01-13-2014 at 12:12 PM. |
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01-13-2014, 12:42 PM | #11 |
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Never having read Dan Brown, I am unable to vote using the choices provided.
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5 stars = Rocky 1 1 star = Rocky 5 BTW, the last movie, "Rocky Balboa" was also very good. |
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01-13-2014, 06:08 PM | #13 |
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Hmm. I think his books are fun to read but they aren't great literature or anything. I'd say somewhere around 3 to 4. I'm not sure which I'd choose- maybe 3.5 I guess.
Some are better than others. Someone else mentioned Digital Fortress and I didn't like that one much and I don't have much technical knowledge at all. It just wasn't as much fun as the others. |
01-14-2014, 09:53 AM | #14 |
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I made my choice based on Da Vinci Code and Digital Fortress. The first an amazing thriller and the last a total bad written absurd.
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I did enjoy Angels and Demons - especially the little picture things where you could turn them all sorts of ways and they'd be the same in various directions. I did make the mistake of reading The DaVinci Code right after it and they are basically the same book. (I don't mind some formulas, but I don't usually find it that obvious.) I didn't vote because I've only read those two. I enjoyed the first one and could barely finish the second. (Massive amounts of skimming is the only reason I finished it. |
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