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Originally Posted by frui
Lacking in the aesthetic aspect, yes.
Lacking in the intellectual aspect, no.
You think 80000000 readers are all idiots?
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Not idiots--but derailed, if they are trying to either sharpen their intellect or increase their knowledge based on their experience of reading Dan Brown.
He is wrong about a lot of things that he has no story/plot-justification/reason to exaggerate or misrepresent... things that therefore his readers probably justifiable expect to reasonably accurately be grounded in the real world.
Although, to be fair, I put "aesthetic/intellectual aspect" to suggest that I am trying to describe an only intellectually appreciable aesthetic. There is merit to using three words, when they do the job; but there can be an odd sort of delight upon finding that an unusual set of five excellent words were charged with the same task.
- Ahi
Ps.: I haven't read him--so take my opinions on the subject with a grain of salt... or a heap of salt.