Dave (imported) wrote: Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:30 pm Not yet. It is sitting in my "TO READ" pile of books. From the raging reviews in the newspapers, ezines and magazines, I expect to enjoy every word of it and will end up believing nothing in it.

I'm a contrarian about book critics.

joydivision_27 (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:39 pm Plot summary of The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol:

Symbologist Robert Langdon summoned to the famous international city of _______ by the wealthy and mysterious Mr. _________, to explore occult secrets in aforementioned famous city, accompanied by sexy female scientist ___________, while pursued by nearly superhuman, freakishly obsessive male __________, who is always a step ahead of Langdon, while they all race against the clock to find the mysterious __________ before it is too late.

The eunuch character in the book is the freakishly obsessive, superhumanish villain who castrated himself for psychotic, apocalyptic reasons. He is an unfortunate caricature of a eunuch, penned by an oddly sexless writer. Brown sees only sensationalism in the idea of a eunuch - and completely misses deeper spirituality, mysticism, and self-control/actualization in the motivations of a real eunuch.

Clumsy and redundant writing aside, Brown does manage to show a mainstream audience that there really are dark, weird, and densely intriguing underpinnings to both historic Christianity and the American republic.

Too bad his prose is composed with the linguistic equivalent of a magic marker:

"I'm angry!" she said angrily, as his deft fingers typed deftly.

joydivision_27 (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:39 pm Plot summary of The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol:

Symbologist Robert Langdon summoned to the famous international city of _______ by the wealthy and mysterious Mr. _________, to explore occult secrets in aforementioned famous city, accompanied by sexy female scientist ___________, while pursued by nearly superhuman, freakishly obsessive male __________, who is always a step ahead of Langdon, while they all race against the clock to find the mysterious __________ before it is too late.

The eunuch character in the book is the freakishly obsessive, superhumanish villain who castrated himself for psychotic, apocalyptic reasons. He is an unfortunate caricature of a eunuch, penned by an oddly sexless writer. Brown sees only sensationalism in the idea of a eunuch - and completely misses deeper spirituality, mysticism, and self-control/actualization in the motivations of a real eunuch.

Clumsy and redundant writing aside, Brown does manage to show a mainstream audience that there really are dark, weird, and densely intriguing underpinnings to both historic Christianity and the American republic.

Too bad his prose is composed with the linguistic equivalent of a magic marker:

"I'm angry!" she said angrily, as his deft fingers typed deftly.