Another book post

[melwil]

I still have ten book reviews to get through *g*

Book 84: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

As he stood up, Langdon was beginning to suspect it was going to be a very long night.



So, you all know the premise of the book, right? Robert Langdon and cryptologist, Sophie Neveu follow a series of clues left to them to solve a number of mysteries. And there's religion, history, the Catholic Church and an albino assassin. Yeah, that's the one.

Upfront, I have to say that I approached this completely as a work of fiction. I understand some of the religious arguments, but they aren't going to affect my beliefs in any way what so ever. So, when approaching it this way you end up with a decent thriller - nothing brilliant or groundbreaking, but not the horrific read some say it is.

The problem solving was fun - I particularly enjoyed the greek inclusion - and I didn't see the twist coming, so that was interesting. A good airport novel (or in my case, sitting around on the beach novel).

A 3.5 out of 5



Book 85: Bend it Like Beckham by Narinder Dhami

"Anyone can cook aloo gobi," I muttered. "But who can bend a ball like Beckham?"



Basically this is the novelisation of the rather popular movie of the same name. The difference here is that the book is told from first person Jess point of view, which means some of the really funny scenes between Jules and her parents were missed out.

The writing is good, though, and it does a nice job of fleshing out the script. It also makes some of it a little clearer for those of us like me who couldn't always follow the Indian, or the soccer.

A 3.5 out of 5

Comments

[remmirath.livejournal.com]

On The Da Vinci Code (but of course you expected someone to react to this): I found it dreadful because it botched up a lot of things... too many things. All in all it is the most badly researched thing I've ever read. But if we forget all of that (and forget the fact that the story stirred up a lot of baseless b*llshit about Opus Dei), yeah, a decent thriller.