Cass Browne

Advantages: A cracking good yarn
Disadvantages: It's full of holes and poorly researched

...~ ~ For the past few months American author Dan Brown has been topping the paperback bestseller lists here in Ireland, with all four of his published novels in the first four positions, the “Da Vinci Code” seemingly a permanent fixture at No. 1. To be honest, it’s not hard to see why, as all four novels are taut, exciting, and extremely well crafted conspiracy thrillers, and there’s nothing the reading public likes more than a damned good conspiracy to get the old juices flowing. ~ ~ In the most celebrated and most recent of his novels, “The Da Vinci Code” (2003), Brown returns once more to the theme he successfully exploited in another of his novels, “Angels And Demons”, namely the Roman Catholic Church and, according to Brown at any rate, its multifarious and devious machinations to exploit the public and the entire world for its... Read review

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Advantages: A cracking good read.
Disadvantages: tainted by allegations of an "anti-Christian" agenda

...~ ~ A comment on my previous review of the thriller “Digital Fortress” by American author Dan Brown, who also wrote the bestseller "The Da Vinci Code", gave me pause for thought. It was along the lines that Dan Brown was using his novels to promote an “anti-Christian” agenda. In particular, it's alleged by many people that his most bitter vitriol and criticism is saved for the Roman Catholic Church. Obviously, as I am both Christian and Catholic (in that order) that notion caused me some concern, so I went off to investigate the claim in a bit more detail to see whether or not it was true, and if the claims had any substance. I read my third novel by Dan Brown, “Angels and Demons”, with a far more critical eye than I had read the previous two as a result of having taking on board this perceived anti-Christian agenda which he... Read review

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Advantages: Good pace, easy to read, good and interesting characters. Good Story.
Disadvantages: It's not real.

...This is a review written by my cousin that I thought I would put on here: When I purchased this book in January 2006, I was aware that it was a best seller and that millions of people had read it. I had ignored the reviews and had little idea of the content. Some reviewers early on had said that author Dan Brown's research was "Fantastic" Brown's editor continues to stand by his man, saying that Brown made nothing up save the fictional, contemporary story wrapped around religious controversy. After I browsed through the story initially, I realized what I was in for, and why all the ensuing critical flack from art historians, religious scholars. As a result, I can still identify with those who find inspiration from The Da Vinci Code, which relates the following: At night in the Louvre Museum in Paris, an albino monk dressed... Read review

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