"Dan Brown's follow-up to The Da Vinci Code has sold more copies in its first 36 hours of UK release than any other adult hardback novel, say publishers." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

I'll get this when it's out on paperback. I've enjoyed most of Dan Brown's books so far. Anyone else read them? - Kol Tregaskes

Yup, all of them....amazing writer he is! - Roshan Ramachandran

Amazing writer? He thinks up compelling stories to be sure, but his actual writing is shockingly poor. - Dawn

Ha! Glen beat me by a split second. The truth is, if you're used to good quality literature, Dan Brown's books are going to seriously annoy you. - Dawn

I've read The DaVinci Code and I wasn't impressed at all, so gonna give this a pass. - Rene Wirtz

Yeah i've read them all as well. There is nothing in there that makes me want to read it again. They are titting on the shelf gathering dust. - Roberto Bonini

I liked DaVinci because I enjoy solving riddles. I liked Angels and Demons for the Pagan references in Rome's fountains and statues. I had fun looking up all the locations and checking out the clues. I think this one's about the Masons - not so interested in them. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

@m9m: Have you have ever read Umberto Eco's The Name Of The Rose and Foucault's Pendulum? I do hear that Angels and Demons is the better Brown book. - Rene Wirtz

Yep, read 'em both. Semiotics is Teh Cool. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

This time, I'm with Glen (and Dawn, too): "Hated it." - Kamilah Gill

@m9m: :-) Those two were about 10x as good as Dan Brown's. My contention with Brown is that he writes his books like a screenplay, they are not so much meant to be read as they are to be seen. Then again, the movies kinda sucked, too. - Rene Wirtz

Sometimes a book is a praiseworthy work of art. Sometimes it's a way to stuff your eyes and brain full of words. I read both kinds. (Name of the Rose for the Win, though.) - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

waiting for the paperback is a good call, Kol - chrisofspades

Is it going to be released as a Pop-up? - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Dawn - Have to agree. I was floored DaVinci Code was as popular as it was, when it reads like a script for a bad 40s serial. - Ciaoenrico

You guys are obviously reading too slow...it's a page turner, meant to get you from point A to point B with a sense of adventure...it's not literature meant to be soaked up word by delicious word. - Alex Scoble

Alex, you didn't feel a little let down by Lost Symbol? I did, and I've enjoyed all of Brown's previous works. - chrisofspades

I haven't read it...just saying that if you stopped to notice that his writing wasn't Shakespeare or Hemmingway, you were reading too slowly. :) - Alex Scoble

Dan Brown writes the epitome of beach reading: mediocre writing, fun plots that keep you turning the pages. That said, if the paperback is out by next summer, I'll read it on the beach then. - Shannon Jiménez