A review by kirstenrose22
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell

4.0

At risk of sounding snotty (oh heck - I'll just be snotty), it's kind of a Da Vinci Code for smart people. :) Also reminded me of Donna Tartt's The Secret History which I read last fall. (Apparently I'm not the only one to make that connection, as the reviews for this book kept mentioning Tartt as well.) This is not as gripping as SH, nor as creepy and intense, but it has a similar setting - a college campus, this time Princeton. A senior thesis involves a mysterious book from the Renaissance that no one has ever quite figured out, etc. etc. Lots of ciphers and code-breaking. People get killed and injured. Much better written than Da Vinci (and Not! Quite! So! Breathless!). Good fun.