Ketchup

I know a lot of readers and writers who like to bash Dan Brown. I'm not one of them. As far as thrillers go, I thought Angels & Demons was far better constructed than The Da Vinci Code, which was full of cardboard and coincidences, but even so Code was a good entertainment and the man obviously hit a popular nerve. I mean, hey, the idea that Jesus was having sex is awesome. We should all come up with such high-concept material.

I haven't read The Lost Symbol yet -- I hardly read at all anymore, which is a shame, and I'll surely wait for it to come out in paperback -- but I had to laugh when my father forwarded me this prominent national review. As someone who has to face the critics' music himself, I felt for the guy.

Thumbs down.

"This lame non-thriller took him five years? What the hell?" --Newsweek.

The emphasis is not mine. That's how they wrote it. Ouch!!!

Labels: book reviews, Dan Brown, Newsweek, The Lost Symbol