previous reading.

Angels and Demons

by Dan Brown

my mom gave me Angels and Demons to read while on the plane to california. so i did, because i've honestly been curious about the whole dan brown phenomenon.

i have to say, i don't understand it.

about 150 pages into the book, i looked up and said to no one in particular in the airport gate area, "this is a horrible book." and it is, really. the writing is about on the level of a 12-year-old who just took his first creative writing class, with boring, barely developed characters, plot points that rely on ignorance, and horriby overwrought foreshadowing. the language is cheesy and stereotypical (the italian heroine glowers. well, who would have thought?). it's just a horribly written, stupid book.

they tell me The Da Vinci Code is better, and quite frankly, i can't see how it could be worse.