Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Common Interests Anyone read Dan Brown? (DaVinci Code Author)

Originally posted by todras:

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The only one I have yet to read is Deception Point. I though D.C., Angels & Demons and Digital Fortress were all great. Just great stuff. Ken Follett is another author I really like. Read Hornet Flight, Code to Zero and am thinking about picking up Whiteout. Has anyone read these and know of any similar authors?

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I've read all four of his books. He's got a fluid writing style. His research has a bunch of holes in it from a DC standpoint but it was an entertaining read. After all, it is a fiction novel and rated as such for good reason. Even if you research the Priory of Sion (sp?) which I did, information is very sketchy, so much of the basis of the book is fictional in this respect. Good writing? Yes. Factual, hardly. Take it for what it is. To anyone who forms their beliefs based upon a fiction novel, you're in trouble, seek help.

Digital Fortress and Deception Point are technical novels and are worth the read.


As far as other authors who have good writing styles similar IMHO to Dan Brown, I'd recommend Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, Ken Follett, and others that aren't coming to mind...

Originally posted by cjbaldw:

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Take it for what it is. To anyone who forms their beliefs based upon a fiction novel, you're in trouble, seek help.

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Originally posted by Fmr12B:

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Dan Brown's writing is complete drivel. Far from literature, but an entertaining, yet dumbed down, read that is one gimmick after another.


I found his writing style and word choices to be mundane. Dan Brown knew his target audience and wrote to there level. His book was entertaining, gimmicky, but entertaining, I'll give him that.


Took way too many literature classes in college to fufill my arts & letters requirement and area of focus requirement while getting my BS.

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you might have to go back and take that lit. class that teaches you the difference between their and there.
hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! just kidding.

i liked the DC.

Originally posted by jerseycat10:

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Originally posted by starjammir:

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I didnt say everyone else was wrong. This whole thing is going to turn into a debate. Its like saying one religion is better than the other.

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And that is the beauty of America. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Dan Brown obviously has his own opinion, as does Fmr13B. No one's is right, no one is wrong, it is OPINION. If they (Fmr13B, and others) are not intellectually stimulated by reading Dan Brown, that is fine. I enjoyed the book very much so, as did my wife, who was apprehensive at first to read it, because of the nature of the book. She understands that the book is someone elses interpretation of events that are not fully understood. She read the book for entertainment, not because the book claims to unseat the Bible .

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Just to be clear, the book at least in part claims to unseat the Catholic Church and it's beliefs, which are not entirely in line with the Scriptures. Anyone that has actually read the Bible knows that many of the tenants of the Bible conflict with the Catholic Church's belief systems. The twelve Apostles and Jesus weren't Catholic after all. Yes, DC does challenge the divinity of Christ, talks about the Council of Nicea and the "official" vote on the divinity of Christ in the early 4th century (IIRC), and so forth. The Apostles, who certainly were not Catholic, certainly believed in the divinity of their Lord, as did many others in his time, long before the Nicean council was around.

Originally posted by starjammir:

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One final thing is when Christ was born it was in the winter. It says something about sheperds hearding their sheep. Sheperds do not heard sheep in the winter time.
Just my two cents

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Originally posted by svtcarboy:

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I have always rebelled against the excessive snobbery of those who define "literary" works.

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you mean the "Literatti?" not to be confused with "Illuminati"
appently we have some Literatti in here. if you want to stimulate your brain, go massage it or read a book in a language you dont know.
I have read all four of Dan Brown's books and loved each one. i read each one in less than a week. they are easy reads but they keep you hooked in. i have never met so many people who have all read the same book as have read the Da Vinci Code. why do you think SO many people have read it? that's why there has been so much hype about it. if anyone has seen "National Treasure" did you also get the feeling that someone read DC when it first came out and immediately wrote a script in that fashion?? now when DC movie comes out, some people will say its just a National Treasure knockoff
I read Tom Hanks will play Dr. Langdon and Ron Howard will direct. I think Tom will do ok but when i was reading the book, the whole time i had Sam Neil (Dr. Grant in Jurassic Park) in mind as the character--just seems to fit him.
anyone have any other actors in mind to suggest for this role?
I couldnt think of who would play Sophie and apparently they cant either. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/
for the British lord guy (cant recall his name) i was constantly picturing Robbie Coltrane (russian mobster in Goldeneye).


**I have a Word version of Deception Point if you feel like reading a novel on your computer if anyone wants a free copy PM me with your email addy and ill send it.