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04-30-2009, 01:42 PM | #62 |
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I guess after selling 81 000 000 books (and I think that number is only of Da Vinci's Code), he doesn't have to use such strategies...
On the other hand, the publisher certainly will. |
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I agree with you that Mr. Ludlum's books are a lot more complex and better-plotted, yes. However, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading "The Da Vinci Code". A very clever book.
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May I ask... did you read da Vinci before you read A&D? I read A&D first and thought that it was quite entertaining. When I picked up da Vinci I got this serious case of deja vu, and found it to be a bore. I'm just wondering whether the distaste is partly because of Browns repetitions of his own formula. |
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05-01-2009, 02:38 PM | #66 |
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Yup. They're good books, I find, but very, very similar. I hope Mr. Brown used the last couple of years to whip up a new formula.
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05-01-2009, 02:55 PM | #67 |
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A & D was written before Da Vinci Code.
I read them in this order (as I try to whenever possible ! ). The plot is very similar (a couple of "good" ones in the middle of a conspiracy with a religious touch), but for me it was quite entertaining (as far as you consider them as complete fiction !). |
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