In the Brown
Last night I had to make a very delicate decision. After finishing the absolutely brillant The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami - do I pick up The Da Vinci Code or do I crack on with Norwegian Wood, also by Murakami? Well, I went to bed at ten thirty last night which was absolute bliss and decided on Da Vinci.
I'm now 6 chapters into it and I'm being driven mad. Am I the only one who doesn't like the way it's written? Everything just seems so contrived. I know I'm no great writer, I've certainly never been on the bestsellers list and I'm not rich and famous - but I'm sorry. I don't like Dan Brown.
I'll give it the benefit of the doubt though and see if it sucks me in.
Only time will tell.
2 comments:
Wondy, the book is so badly written! Dan Brown is an awful writer! It's total fromage!
But I got sucked in to the story straight away and loved it! Plus you can read the thing in like a heartbeat.
The film sucked ass too! x
PS Sorry for all the exclamation marks :P
I'm with you. I've read two of his books and they are so mechanical you can almost hear the gears clanking as you read. Nothing like some marketing to create a frenzy though!
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