Anyone read any books by Dan Brown?

Digital Fortress
Deception Point
DaVinci Code
Angels and Demons-Best book EVAR.

Discuss what you thought of them.

I read most of digital fortress then my brother went and lost the damn book...

Originally Posted by Dante

I read most of digital fortress then my brother went and lost the damn book...

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i've read davinci code and angels and demons.

.... im not a big fan.... x___x;;;;

Hmm. I've read the Da Vinci Code, and while it was a fairly nice book, the amount of criticisms you end up reading afterwards [I do my research once in a while, haha] tend to spoil the entire plot, sometimes. It's best to know what you're getting into before you read those kinds of books, I suppose. :wink:

I read the Da Vinci code to see what all the hype was about and I can say that Dan Brown is one of the most inept writers I've ever read. The only part I genuinely enjoyed was the escape scene from the museum where Langdon tries to drive stick ... and only because I've never seen a protagonist in an action/thriller not know how to operate and manual transmission.

The plot itself was decent, but his dialogue was atrocious (the scene that sticks out is where Langdon is explaining Phi to his class. His repartee with his class is groan inducing: "'NO WAY!' a young woman shouted; 'WAY!', Langdon shot back." Ugh. And that wasn't the worst of it).

His descriptions were lazy beyond belief. I don't remember Sophie really being described at all. Langdon is described as "Harrison Ford in tweed" (hyuck, hyuck ... oh, wait, Dan Brown dresses like Langdon ... Mary Sue, anyone?) and Sir Teabing was described in as red-headed, short and pudgy. And what does Brown do to punctuate this description ... "He looked like as much of a knight as Elton John".

I said above that his plot and its conjectures were decent. They are. In capable hands, it might have been a far better book. In Brown's, it's a purile, self-servicing idea. Notice how both the intellectual "authorities" in the book, Langdon and Teabing, submit their "facts" to the reader's proxy character, Sophie, in a condescending manner. Basically, it's "Oh, you didn't know that. You must be dense." No one really questions the question or examine any facets of it. "Jesus got busy." "I don't believe you!" "Well, look at this painting." "Oh, okay."

It's an awkward, plodding book that I think most people enjoyed because it had a topic that was, in America, almost universally interesting and because it read like a Cliff's Notes version of itself.

The only book I've read by him was The DaVinci Code, and I also wanted to see what all the big 'hoopla' was about it. At the time, every where I went everyone was talking about how great the book was. Personally, I didn't like it at all... I was thinking that I was the only person that didn't enjoy it, it's nice to see that other people didn't like it either.

I've read all of his currently published books, and am of the opinion that they aren't too bad. I actually liked The DaVinci Code, even though I read it a good four months after all the protests were raised.

It's been a while since I've read The DaVinci Code ^^: However, I think it was one of the most enthralling stories I've ever read.

I read the DaVinci Code a year or so ago because I wanted to see what was so controversial about it. I just found a pretty fast-moving fiction tale/fluffy read. It was pretty enjoyable and I probably read the entire book over the course of a few days. As far as the content, it doesn't have the facts to back it up, so I don't understand why people were trying to make it out to be more than just a fiction story. I did have fun, though, looking at the examples of the paintings. I'm a nerd - I had to go on wikipedia to look and see what they were describing. But yeah, enjoyable tale, easy read, I thought. I've not read any of his others.

I've only read the Da Vinci Code. I thought it was a very interesting story but his writing style isn't very appealing to me, very little kiddish I found. I prefer more intense reads

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Have read all four books. *nods*

But really, the only ones I enjoyed were Angels and Demons and DaVinci Code.

Mainly because the other two took forever to get to the point. Both had good ideas, good plots, just took forever to get to the book.

I read DaVinci Code before I read Angels and Demons. How did I read it? Well I went to costco, went to the book section, and while my parents were shopping (which was like 45 mins every trip to costco) I was reading the book, now repeat until I finished it (took about four or five trips) xD

Reading the book, did raising some interesting questions. My aunty was a little horrified to find out that I was reading a book that attacked the church (while I may believe in God, I do not really put him first in my life. First in my life is merely surviving through each day. It's kinda like, hi god I know you're somewhere up there, but since I know you can't or wont' do much to like help me ace my classes and give me less stress and drama at school, I'm gonna kinda ignore you until I have more time to deal with you God.)

Whether it's all true or not, I don't know. It opens all sorta of doors. If it turns out true, then cool this guy just made history. If it hasn't, well then, it's a fiction book people, time to get a little grip on reality (though I should be the last person saying that. >.> *is last person to get grip on reality*)

Angels and Demons I enjoyed more because it had more action, more trying to solve a puzzle. *shrugs* There are parts of Dan Brown's books that I enjoy and parts that I hate.

i just bought angels and demons, but i havnt read it yet. i will when im done with my other ones...i liked da vinci code too...

I need to read Angels & Demons. I've read The DaVinci Code, and thought it was trash. It stirred up a lot of controversy, but I didn't find it to be very well written, and it was way too predictable. At least it was better then the movie.

Everyone keeps telling me Angels & Demons is better, though, so I'm going to give it a chance.

Heh, like everyone else, I've read The DeVinci Code. Personally, I don't see why people don't like it, I suppose it's just a matter of taste. I thought it was one of the best story plot ever written, and the movie missed out on half the good information in the book. Finished it within 10 or so hours, I thought that it was really addicting once you get into it. Also, it should be noted that the book was partially right -- Did anyone watch that Discovery Channel show on finding Jesus's tomb? I'm not going to discuss the religion controversy, but according the the discovery, Jesus was married to Mary and even had a son..

I've read the Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and some of Digital Fortress. I liked them all, with no real one i prefered.

I read The Divinci Code a few weeks before seeing the movie, so I would know what I was walking in to. I can't say it was a good novel, but I can't say it was bad either. It was one of those books that really didn't leave an impression on me. I enjoyed the concept of a country-wide scavenger hunt, but thats about all I got from it. I never bothered to read any of his other work because I'm worried the other titles will be the same. A pretty OK one day read that kills a couple of hours.

I've read Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, and DaVinci Code.

You know...I'm Catholic. But I like these books. When my super-religious aunt and uncle found out I was reading them they were lecturing me (as they do all the time because they don't want me to be like my cousins, and they don't have any kids) while I was like "It's my money, and I'm just reading this book for fun!"

There's been a lot of controversy over DaVinci code especially, and at first my mom was just ignorant of it but after she and I watched the movie she was pretty cool with it and was like "Hey, maybe it's true."

Digital Fortress probably is my favorite one, dealing with the main character as a female instead of a male...and dang she's like this super-smart girl that's highly paid to crack codes! Angels & Demons brought me to start my own ambigrams (which really suck coz I'm not that creative) but I didn't like that novel that much. Also looked up some of the statues (specifically Ecstasy of St. Theresa or something like that). It doesn't look suggestive at all.

Hrm...I plan to read The DaVinci Code despite having heard its worse than Angels and Demons, which I've read.

Which was the final book in the Langdon trilogy?

I think there was already a thread on Dan Brown, but oh well.

I read The De Vinci code first, a week before the movie came out, and completely adored it. I seriously could not put the book down and read it in one breath. I loved the fact that the entire book was like the climax, the excitement just ends.

As for Angels and Demons, I've heard that it was suppose to be much better than the De Vinci Code, so I finally decided to read it. I don't know for a fact that it was better than the De Vinci Code, but it captured my full attention as well. Angels and Demons was definately more gruesome than the Code, with more bloodshed and overall violence.

I found it slightly disturbing how Robert always ends up with the female main characters, who are usually 20 years younger than him. Many people say that they hated both the De Vinci Code and Angels and Demons because it was unrealistic or too surreal. But you know what, it's a a well-written story that is very enjoyable to read.fictional book, yes it's true that it's a fantasy, but many of the historical facts are real. It's just like saying you don't like Harry Potter because magic doesn't exist. It's just a well-written book that's enjoyable to read.

I have to say that I've only read the Da Vinci Code. It was a pretty awesome story and I was overall impressed with it.

I think that there were enough realisitic facts in the story to keep people entertained and give them the glimpse that it coud be real, which is the real point to any good story. That you become so involved that for the duration of the story you do believe that it can be real.

I enjoyed the characters and how they were portrayed in the novels and I think that the book was my biggest reason for not seeing the movie since I had since decided that the characters in the movie didn't fit how I saw them in my imagination.


I've thought about branching out into the other books but at this time I'm still undecided.

I'd read "Holy Grail, Holy Blood" before Dan Brown borrowed it to novelize...so the Da Vinci Code was more like National Treasure than anything else. Just a fanciful way of looking at real historical events and throwing in a lot of imagination and old myths. It would be sad if anyone believed Da Vinci Code 100%.
It's nice that at least those movies get people thinking about history.

I would love to read any of his book, but I simply have no time T_T School full us up with those classical books. So bad...

I've read all of them. My favorite by far is Digital Fortress, its so exciting right at the end which is kind of how I like books. Reading Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is exactly like that book, because most of the book is setting up for this huge ass battle or conflict that takes place in the last 100 pages or so. It just gives me a huge rush afterwards, I love it :)

I read The Da Vinci Code prepared to put it down as soon as I started. I was totally biased against it before I read it... but I actually enjoyed it. It's not fantastically written but I found it to be decent as a bedtime read. It's to books like one of those movies you watch when you don't want to have to think about it or concentrate. I refuse to watch the movie though. xP