LNC Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 This was my first Dan Brown book. I loved it for the first 400 pages. Yes, it was formulaic writing - little explanations about something, a revelation, a big action scene - over and over and over! It was still fun though. Then, the last 50 pages. Wowsa! A very lengthy sermon about the author's "God is within you" philosophy. Never seen anything like that in a fiction book. Really turned me off, and I won't read him again. I did like the genre though, and I would like to read similar books. Any suggestions? Here is a good article with the same impressions I had, written much more thoughtfully! http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2009/09/the-lost-symbol-and-the-browning-of-american-religion.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) Well, I read the DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons and I liked them but I thought the Lost Symbol was terrible. Since you haven't read the other two you wouldn't have the same experience I had which was....I knew EXACTLY what was going to happen with in the first chapter or so. I knew who was "the bad guy" and a pretty good idea of what was going to happen. I was pretty unimpressed. Edited October 25, 2009 by Heather in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Well, I read the DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons and I liked them but I thought the Lost Symbol was terrible. Since you haven't read the other two you wouldn't have the same experience I had which was....I knew EXACTKY what was going to happen with in the first chapter or so. I knew who was "the bad guy" and a pretty good idea of what was going to happen. I was pretty unimpressed. Kinda. Yeah. I'm on about pg 200 and I have been reading it since it came out or at least trying to. Fairly disappointed. Loved the DaVinci Code, though. I think the thing with Brown is that there aren't many other books like his, that mixes the historical, factual, fiction in quite the way that he does, so I don't have any other suggestions for you, other than to give Angels and Demons and the DaVinci Code a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 I've read that DaVinci and Angels and Demons were better, but I still have no desire to read DaVinci! I did some reading about similar book recs over the weekend and found this title that I ordered from the library. I hope it is a pageturner, that was the fun part about reading The Lost Symbol! Gold of the Kings by Davis Bunn http://www.davisbunn.com/ http://books.simonandschuster.com/Gold-of-Kings/Davis-Bunn/9781416556312#reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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