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Originally Posted by frui
I know, I know, he is crap, everybody with a taste says.
His characters are flat. His language is bland. His world view is shallow. His plot is absurd. He is greatly flawed.
But he has an absolute power to absorb you from the very beginning to the very end, even in his weakest opus like "Deception Point".
I read all genres of thrillers, from Tom Clancy, through Kathy Reichs, to John Grisham. Every one of them has some shining points, but you will feel bored most of the time. No one has the talent of Dan Brown to catch you tight in every page.
So I believe there are two factions of writers. One faction includes Dan Brown alone. The other faction has all the other writers.
I am not paranoid. I am not a die hard fan of Dan Brown. I just want some books I cannot put down. I just find this humble request harder and harder to fulfil.
Now, my learned fellow readers, educate me, correct me, please! Add someone I don't know to the Dan Brown faction I mentioned above. I'd be overjoyed if I knew he was not alone.
Thank you.
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As long as YOU enjoy Brown thats all that matters. I have read all of his books so far and was also griped by them. However, I was really disappointed with the last 100 pages of The Lost Symbol.
I recently started reading The Dome by King on my Sony Reader. I read nearly 700 pages and couldn't be bothered to read the rest. I know King is a better writer for some reason he did not draw me in like Brown did with his books. I read most of Kings stuff in the 80's and 90's and loved them but do think Brown draws you quicker than King does. I am reading 2001 at the moment and love it and also Haven by Justin Kemppainen, which is very good so far. The next on the list is to read all of Gemmels stuff again.
Kev