A review by deanna_rigney
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

1.0

What's worse than a badly written book? A badly written book that is very, VERY long. Curious about all the hype I delved into the pages to find dry, cardboard cut-out characters that I didn't give a smidgen about, bland writing, and a puzzling mystery that lacked very much that was puzzling (well, except the puzzling popularity of this book.) These people are supposed to be experts yet they are stumped by Encyclopedia Brown kind of mysteries. The Da Vinci Code is to literature as potted meat is...more What's worse than a badly written book? A badly written book that is very, VERY long. Curious about all the hype I delved into the pages to find dry, cardboard cut-out characters that I didn't give a smidgen about, bland writing, and a puzzling mystery that lacked very much that was puzzling (well, except the puzzling popularity of this book.) These people are supposed to be experts yet they are stumped by Encyclopedia Brown kind of mysteries. The Da Vinci Code is to literature as potted meat is to food.