Over, I've rarely heard such a resonance as from you.
At least I now know I am not that alone.
I especially like your appreciation of Brown's "direct" language. In my cultural tradition (China), direct and simple are very high praises as regards style. Confucius told us two thousand years ago: "Words must be direct." Sounds like Shakespear, huh?
As regards simplicity, Ernest Hemingway must have gone even further than Dan Brown?
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Originally Posted by Over
I think the only problem with Dan Brown is that he wrote a best seller with religous implications. If you mess with religion, you're messing with a lot of people!
I'm christian and I think most things in his greatest best seller are BS. Yet, it didn't stop me to enjoy the book (although I would have enjoyed it more if the book had been more credible for my level of education in the subject).
Many people are pissed off because of what he wrote and about how many people his message reached and how many people take his book as factual. That's the genesis of most of the hatred for the author: religion and jealousy. Many may point other reasons, but those reasons are just a fugue for their frustation or hatred.
Of course, such a big start in the book publishing world, was the subject of many studies of many academics that also made money selling books with proof that he's wrong. And I wonder how many authors would stand up to that kind of scrutiny (that's the english word?).
I liked both books I've read (A&D and the code). His prose is direct (I hate too much flowery and other pretencious crap, justified with being artistry/literary) and engaging (as rarely most authors are).
That being said, I must agree that it's rare to find another author as engaging as Dan Brown. There are other books I like more, but I don't recall right now a book that I've devoured as fast as his Davinci Code. When it came out, I had a fever but I read the whole book in one night (missed class the next day, me who never missed classes in my times as a student, but I had the excuse that I was feverish, although better in that morning).
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