Animals & Nature1 min ago
the da vinci code
I have read this and thought it was OK but not that great.
Alittle anti-climatic perhaps
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I haven't read it yet but have had that anti-climax with loads of books (Lord of the Flies, Sense and Sensibility, Rebecca). Think the hype that accompanies a book can sometimes be its downfall.
Have read way more books that have been hyped and I'd loved than those that have disappointed so don't mind too much.
Just out of interest, what stopped it being great?
i'm nearing the end of the da vinci code and, like narolines, i'm only finishing it for the sake of it.
i've read all of dan browns other books and they are all very similar. i can see why they are so popular - because they are written in the style of a fast paced, plenty-of-action movie and very easy to read, but some of the cryptic stuff is very basic.
i think deception point is marginally the best of them and digital fortress was by far the worst - i worked out the twist after about 12 pages and carried on reading, thinking i'd missed something and surely the plot wasn't that simple, but i got about 5 pages from the end and realised i'd been right all along. i felt a bit let down and very nearly didn't bother with the last few pages!
generally, i found all of his books a bit of an anti-climax