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Summary: Da Vinci it is not
Review: I read this after having read the Da Vinci Code. It was not as good or as compelling as The Code but it was a cut above most in this genre. Mr. Brown offers us thrillers with a brain. Enjoyable read.
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Summary: A fabulous read
Review: Thoroughly enjoyed this book and the Da Vinci Code. Both excellent, intellectual novels. I couldn't put them down!
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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: With 200+ reviews before me, I don't have too much to add. This was a fantastic book -- one of the best suspense books I have read in a while. The characters were engaging and interesting and the plot made me stay up late into the night to finish the story. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Mixed Bag
Review: No question that it is a good exciting read. But, you have to ignore or read over the heavy religious sentiment and "miracles" to enjoy this book, which tend to drag it down. Disappointing after having read "Deception Point" by the same author, which is an outstanding book.
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Summary: Another GREATstory from one of America's greatest writers
Review: I have to admit I got hooked on Dan Brown's work purely out of luck. I read The DaVinci Code first, and couldn't put it down. I immediately logged in to Amazon and ordered all his other books. Although I'm not the most religious person, I still found the story captivating and loved the characters. I thought the story dragged just a little in one or two areas, but not enough to detract from the overall power of the story. Dan Brown truly has a gift for taking the reader for a ride they don't want to get off of. Can't wait for his next novel! If you haven't already read his other works, buy them NOW, you won't be sorry later!
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Summary: Loved The DaVinci Code - this one, not so much.
Review: After reading The DaVinci Code, one of the most entertaining, historically interesting and cleverly written books I've ever read, I was eager to read Angels and Demons. Angels and Demons is a prequel to The DaVinci Code however, the main character is much less likable in Angles and Demons and the writing/story line is less sophisticated. This book is entertaining and interesting in the same vein as The DaVinci Code, but I personally found it to be way too violent and had to put it down about half way through it (could not bear to read about another detailed, gruesome killing!).
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Summary: WARNING! Will not work on Pocket PCs
Review: After literally 2 hours of download hassles and reading Adobe's customer support forums, I discovered that the Ebook I purchased from Amazon CANNOT be read on my Pocket PC that has Adobe Acrobat on it! Adobe Acrobat does not support ebooks for Pocket PCs. Amazon's web site should CLEARLY state this fact. I wanted an electronic version of this book that I could easily take with me. I have no intention of reading it at my PC. DO NOT buy this e-book or any other Adobe E-book if you plan to use it on your Windows Pocket PC!
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Summary: Angels & Demons
Review: Merely a suggestion: go to Dan Brown's website, he gives you the opportunity to read a 5 or 6 chapter excerpt from each of his books. Then you can actually decide for yourself whether or not you are interested in coming back to Amazon to purchase a book.
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Summary: Written for the fourth grade
Review: Okay, I want to say that I started reading this book because a friend highly recommended it to me. While the overall synopsis of the plot has merit and could no doubt be turned into a great story - the writing is absolutely abysmal. The characters are shallow, and the reader is dragged through each paragraph like a slack-jawed mouth breather with no sense of deductive reasoning to draw on. Despite the nice plot, I could not finish the book.
Save your money.
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Summary: Some other Vatican?
Review: The suspense is compelling but Brown can't know much about the modern Roman Catholic church. He asks us to believe the Vatican is worried about having to defend Creationism when the 350-year-old Vatican Observatory is a leading institution of astronomical and cosmological research. For more see http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/ He also asks us to believe reasonably intelligent, educated people know nothing of anti-matter, that ambigrams are mysterious and shocking, and a few other groaners. Of course, I'm going to get right back to reading as soon as I send this.
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