The Dan Brown dilemma: prodigious prodigy or hideous hack? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T14:13:12Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/the-dan-brown-dilemma?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A245135&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI read it just to say I read…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-05:537324:Comment:2452002010-08-05T23:46:50.369ZRichard Sandershttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/RichardSanders
I read it just to say I read it. It was laughably contrived and well beyond bad, but hey, I can say it: I read the damned thing.
I read it just to say I read it. It was laughably contrived and well beyond bad, but hey, I can say it: I read the damned thing. Yep, it's his dialogue that r…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-05:537324:Comment:2451942010-08-05T22:30:34.782ZJohn Bairdhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnBaird
Yep, it's his dialogue that really sucks. In 'The Lost Symbol,' the hero asks "What the hell?" on every other page.<br />
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'The Lost Symbol', more like 'The Lost Thesaurus'
Yep, it's his dialogue that really sucks. In 'The Lost Symbol,' the hero asks "What the hell?" on every other page.<br />
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'The Lost Symbol', more like 'The Lost Thesaurus' Lost me in the prologue--the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-05:537324:Comment:2451532010-08-05T17:45:30.059ZJon Loomishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
Lost me in the prologue--the dialogue was so bad I couldn't get to Chapter One.
Lost me in the prologue--the dialogue was so bad I couldn't get to Chapter One. Chuckling.
Lost me with the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-05:537324:Comment:2451402010-08-05T17:16:44.109ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Chuckling.<br />
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Lost me with the albino monk.
Chuckling.<br />
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Lost me with the albino monk. Lost me on the way to the mus…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-05:537324:Comment:2451352010-08-05T17:07:47.315ZJohn McFetridgehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
Lost me on the way to the museum when the American worried about how to answer the inevitable question from the Frenchman about what he thinks of the new addition to the Louvre - as if a Frenchman would care what an American thinks about anything in France... ;)
Lost me on the way to the museum when the American worried about how to answer the inevitable question from the Frenchman about what he thinks of the new addition to the Louvre - as if a Frenchman would care what an American thinks about anything in France... ;) I read the whole thing, partl…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-08-05:537324:Comment:2451202010-08-05T16:40:46.550ZDana Kinghttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
I read the whole thing, partly because a friend asked me to so we could discuss it, and partly because I'm OCD. I;m getting over the OCD, and will be far more careful what I promise in the future.<br />
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Brown lost me in the first chapter, where the curator at the Louvre goes to such great pains to display himself as an obscure clue that only one person will understand (assuming he sees it), instead of taking his final few minutes to write him a note and leave it in an envelope for him. Or trying to…
I read the whole thing, partly because a friend asked me to so we could discuss it, and partly because I'm OCD. I;m getting over the OCD, and will be far more careful what I promise in the future.<br />
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Brown lost me in the first chapter, where the curator at the Louvre goes to such great pains to display himself as an obscure clue that only one person will understand (assuming he sees it), instead of taking his final few minutes to write him a note and leave it in an envelope for him. Or trying to get it in the mail, if he didn't want the police to see it. Whatever.