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I love Dan Brown books, but sadly this was not the Dan Brown that I love. Horribly written. I really struggled to not DNF this one. I have ways maintained that reading is never a waste of time, but this book left me questioning that.
Gets your attention and keeps it!! Very quickly sets a mood ( cast a spell), and carries it all the way through. Loved the characters and the novel story line!! Timely and very thought provoking. Somewhat different from other Dan Browns.
The program used to convert the text to fit Kindle did a terrible job.! Sort of all over the place, and could interfere sometimes with the story progression. That's why I rated it a 4 instead of a five.
Cannot even fathom this is the same writer who had us all spellbound with The DaVinci Code. This was horribly written and tedious to read. Only the premise had any merit but even that was destroyed by the awful writing and unimaginative ending. Wasted time but at least I got through it quickly.
I have read and loved all of his previous books which I would rate as As, and have considered him as my favorite modern author. This doesn’t even seem to have been written by him and would rate a D. Read any of his previous books but give one a pass.
DNF 40%. The amount of 2 word sentences is driving me crazy, and the wash/rinse/repeat cycle of following 2 people all over the globe to stare at rocks is tiresome and unrealistic.
This is not by the real Dan Brown. He acts like he wants to be. Too few details, too much skipping around. Too short to go deep enough to be meaningful. Corny lifetime movie ending.
This is not the same Dan Brown that wrote the DaVinci code. The text was choppy and disjointed. It read more like an outline that needed to be filed in. The concept was intriguing but I wish it would have been more of a cohesive novel. A missed opportunity for sure.