Thread: Angels and Demons Review

I read Angels and Demons years ago before the Da Vinci Code came out and like most everyone else, I thought it was an excellent book. I never read the Da Vinci Code so I can't compare it. It became too popular before I had a chance to read it and I'm weird like that. I've also never read Harry Potter.

For me Angels and Demons was one of the intelligent novel I've ever read. I admire Dan Brown for having a creative mind. He has the power to make every scenes as if it was really happen in real life.

Looks like I better check this one out!

I have no idea how anyone can think Dan Brown's works are entertaining, clever, suspenseful, original, written well, or realistic in the slightest. I honestly don't.

I'm a popular fiction kind of reader, but his stuff is abysmal. And yes, I've read The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress, so it's not like I read two chapters and just gave up.

"The DaVinci Code" is like reading an Idiot's Guide to "Holy Blood, Holy Grail".

"Angels & Demons" is original and yet after reading it, you conclude it is idiotic nonetheless. The style has all the intricacies of Danielle Steele or a Wall-Mart catalogue.

Mr. Brown should drop the pen and pick up a shovel.

Originally Posted by Akumu

"The DaVinci Code" is like reading an Idiot's Guide to "Holy Blood, Holy Grail".

"Angels & Demons" is original and yet after reading it, you conclude it is idiotic nonetheless. The style has all the intricacies of Danielle Steele or a Wall-Mart catalogue.

Mr. Brown should drop the pen and pick up a shovel.

Yeah? Tell that to the millions and millions of pounds he's made from the Da Vinci code.

I really don't see how financial validation is in any way indicative of artistic value.

Would that mean J.K. Rowling is an objectively better author than James Joyce?

You said he should put his pen down and pick up a shovel. Millions of pounds in the bank and a legion of followers who buy anything he writes tells you otherwise.

He's not the best writer in the world. He is a very smart writer, however, because he wrote a book that appealed to most of the world.

lol. He should drop the pen for literature's sake, not his own. I'm neither Mr. Brown, his mother, nor his agent, so I find his bank account to be a perfectly immaterial argument in the debate about whether or not he should resume writing.

Considering that the Da Vinci Code has been translated into almost every language in the world, and the fact that his first books sold more after he'd written it, I would be inclined to think that someone thinks he is a marketable writer. After all, it's not about how well you write the book that helps you sell it, it's how well you market it.

He's not the best writer. Neither is JK Rowling. Both of them, however, are laughing all the way to the bank.

PS: I thought Angels and Demons was a very good book.