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Originally Posted by driveway
The one thing that Mr. Brown did exceptionally well - one might even say perfectly - is what's called "information release". He held onto information that the reader wanted to have right up until the moment that you are ready to throw the book down in frustration, then at that moment he would give you just enough to keep you reading.
It's textbook thriller-writing and Brown did it very well. As far as plot construction, imaginativeness, metaphor, creativity go as well as basic description, character development, or story structure he's mediocre to poor.
He hit a nerve (Christianity) and rode a tidal wave of hype to millions and millions of dollars. He deserves credit - but no admiration.
And Angels and Demons is exactly the same book as Da Vinci Code.
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I guess my issue with the information release - which I agree he managed - was that it became so quickly obvious the major twists I was just sort of wanting him to get on with it. That and the fact that if I read the phrase "feminine" whatever it was (I can't remember off the top of my head) one more time I was going to throw open the Emergency Exit door and jump. And you're absolutely right about it hitting a nerve, and Troutman - totally agree - I bought it used to kill time for the main reason that I was just trying to find out what the entire world apparently knew about.