Has anyone else read this. My boyfriend pressured me into it and I really didint wanna read it. Im so glad i did now! Its a pretty neat story. It annoys me when people take things as the gospel.
Id reconmend this book to you all.

Dan Brown seems liek a really intelligent man to write such a flowwing book. His other books are supposed ti be even better too! I will definatly be reading them soon.

Please everyone read the book before you watch the film!!!

Good story, terrible writing with totally flat characters. I think a movie adaptation will be an improvement.

I just started reading this book. I wanted to read it before I went to see the movie. It's pretty good so far.

his other books arent better. they all have the exact same build up, if youve read the da vinci code you basicly have read deception point and angles and demons.

and his writing is just really bad. like requiem said. its like a murder she wrote episode dragged out onto 400+ pages.

...nothing more to add.

awh i thought the writing was pretty good. the analysis, typical character building. it was a complicated story some peple may not understand that he managed to describe in a comprehendable way.

You need to read more from better authors.

My big problem with it was the writing WAS so simple...I read harder books in 6th grade. No wonder it's so massively popular. People who probably never read picked it up and felt "educated" as a result.

I dont feel i can judge a book by how hard it is to read.

I'm reading it right now..I like it. I won't be done in time for the movie but whatever..

That is so true. I'm reading Angels & Demons right now and its very similar to the da vinci code

angels and demons is much better in my opinion

thanks for the neg rep just because i like a book that you dont. thats really a bit pathetic

There are many great books that are easy to read, but that's because the writer has some sort of skill and finesse with language and storytelling. Dan Brown doesn't have that, he's really clunky...especially the way he tried to insert "history" lessons into fiction. I expected that with these hugely controversial ideas he, ahem, "borrowed" from elsewhere, the writing would blow me away. And it didn't, 'cause it sucked. And his characters are underdeveloped. I think the novel could have been much better with a different writer. Go read Foucault's Pendulum instead.

But I liked it. That's not a crime. I liked it, you didnt. Im sure lots of other people liked this book. Im sure lots of other peple didint. Just because you have an opinion on dan browns writing that you dont care for doesnt mean everyone else should take your word for it

Where did I say it's a crime? You started this thread with "Has anyone else read this." I guess you weren't looking for opinions unless they were the same as yours. If you don't want to have a legitimate discussion about it, then go hang out on a Dan Brown fan board.

yes, i've read it, twice. the story is fascinating and it's a real page-turner. i couldn't put it down to go to sleep. the writing is nothing special but the plot i guess makes up for it. i didn't like the last 20-something pages, though. too slow. can't wait for the movie.

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then she dances skirt swaying in the half-light she dances white blossom in the black sky
'I need new clothes', she thinks, 'new skin, a mind I can bear to live in'.

i liked it. the writing really could have been better and the way he had like a hundred chapters in that small book annoyed me. i think he completely missed 'how to divide your book into chapters 101'

but otherwise, it was a good reading. i read angels & demons (more exciting but isnt as good as da vinci code, still good), deception point (meh), digital fortress (good).

I was impressed that the only time I have ever seen someone I know buying a copy was actually at an airport bookstore. I read the first couple of pages once, but then put it down.

never let your boyfriend pressure you into reading terrible books

That is true. I have been forced to read sci-fi.

But yea, I never really liked Da Vinci Code, but it was a good story. My dad read it when he was in hospital, and the short chapters were really good for holding his attention. He could read one or two, then fall asleep, but feel pretty acomplished, you know?