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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I've always thought Angels & Demons was a "better" Brown book. And since there's no real point in reading any more than one Dan Brown book (the formula never changes), that's the one I always recommend. I love conspiracy thrillers. Their ridiculous implausibilty is all part of the attraction for me. The fact that an author may claim his/her research was intense and impeccable has no bearing on whether I enjoy their improbable fictional romp. Just like I can still enjoy a magic show knowing full well that I was lied to about audience members being planted and "no mirrors were used." It's over-the-top, ridiculous fiction... and I've given authors of the subgenre permission to lie to me about its authenticity. It's part of the show.
Enjoy the book if you can; put it it down if you can't. But there's certainly no real reason not to simply ignore the hype, and at least start a book and decide for yourself whether you should continue reading it. Especially if you got it for free. Unless as someone already mentioned, you don't like conspiracy thrillers in general, how much trauma could a couple of chapters of a free book cause you?
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I don't claim that the book traumatized me. Of course, I can't definitively rule it out either. I snagged the book even though I'll probably never read it again. Free is free. It's also another hardcover that I can dispose of. (I hate to lose access to a book once I've gotten it.)
It was clear early on that I would make a better assassin than the one in the book. That killed the book for me from the beginning. I, even in my deteriorated state, would still make a better assassin. Maybe he should've turned it into a comedy with a crippled assassin who uses a Wiffle bat. Hey! Dan. Call me. We'll do a book. I'll bring the Wiffle. You bring the conspiracy. It'll be a monster.
I can thank the book for leading me to read a few of the books that debunked it. I already knew a lot of the history but more is always good.
I had already read
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln. $7.99 for Kindle. Much more fun.