Dan Brown only sucks if you're more pretentious about his books than his books are, lol. They're just corny and fun little adventures and I'm convinced it's just jealous authors who drive the Dan Brown hate.
Not every book has to drive you into an existential crisis to be enjoyable.
Fair point. Books like Brown's tend to be too easily forgettable for me, and then I feel like I've completely wasted my time. Life is too short and there are way too many good stories out there!
But if one is enjoying them, carry on! And if the author writes a lot like so many commercialized authors, that means more to read for those who enjoy it.
I am indeed a book snob though. You've nailed that, haha.
@evanpeterjones@bookstodon Nah. I read and enjoy lot of potboilers, in all kinds of genres and he’s a poor craftsman. The characters are paper cut-outs, the plots are grandiose absurdities, the places are clichés, and the whole edifice of each is implausible. He does know how to create suspense - the pacing is all.
@negative12dollarbill@CommonMugwort@evanpeterjones@bookstodon I refuse to be unidentified. I am the third person who has not read it, nor anything else by him, and most likely never will. Haven't seen the movies either, and definitely never will, no matter how much I like Tom Hanks and Ron Howard.
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