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Originally Posted by bertold
Saying such a thing in a thread started, and regularly read, by someone
who likes Dan Brown, .
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Thank you bertold. Your understanding has made my day.
Everybody is entitled to give his opinion. That's no problem. I can live with the rants, and accept some.
But I have the feel that some of the friends here who criticize Dan Brown so sharply have not read a single page of his works. Some might have just read the beginning. That would be a pity. I'd encourage reading a bit further. Maybe your opinion will change.
I remember reading Hugo's Les Miserable when I was a kid. I just can't put up with the first 100 pages, mostly about the life of Bishop Myriel, which is so boring for a 12 year. But somehow I pushed myself further. Then came Jean Valjean. Voila! Everything turned interesting. I was strongly hooked. After so many years, I still feel lucky I miraculously pushed myself through a hundred pages of bordom, or I would lose all the enjoyment that great classic brought me.
Well I really wish the mention of Les Miserable would not bring another contention. I have no intention to enhance Dan Brown to the status of Victor Hugo. It's just a nice memory.
And, yes, Les Miserable is really something hard to put down.