Angels & Demons

BarTopDancer · 09-07-2006, 08:07 PM

I just finished reading Angels & Demons. I loved it. I think it was better than the DaVinci Code. More action, more at stake. It has been a very long time since a book sucked me in like this. I found myself with an open mouth going wtf more than once. Great book.

katiesue · 09-07-2006, 08:49 PM

I had the same opinion when I finished reading it too.

flippyshark · 09-07-2006, 11:10 PM

It was certainly an entertaining read, but I have to admit that one element went waaay off my suspension-of-disbelief scale. (It's something near the end so if you haven't read the book and plan to, do not open the spoiler window below.)

Spoiler:

Oh well, not like the book was aiming for anything like realism.

Alex · 09-07-2006, 11:58 PM

I barely made it through The Da Vinci Code because the writing was such hack. I made it about 75 pages into Angels & Demons before throwing the book away. I wasn't even willing to risk it getting into another person's hands. Better that it be recyled into cardboard.

Motorboat Cruiser · 09-08-2006, 12:18 AM

I guess it just depends on what you are looking for in a work of fiction. Personally, I'm less interested in logical feasability than I am in good storytelling and interesting characters. I thought "A&D's" had both and I preferred it over "The Davinci Code".

Of course, I also adore Dean Koontz, who many consider a hack.

Alex · 09-08-2006, 12:23 AM

The stories he is trying to tell are fine by me (though I strongly disapprove of his deceptions in claiming historical truth for some things that simply aren't). It is the quality of writing that I find abominable (but it is ok to disagree, just sharing my opinion).

BarTopDancer · 09-08-2006, 08:20 AM

While I think it would be amazing if The DaVinci Code were real (mainly due to my feelings towards organized religion), I don't, and never once thought it was real. The places are real, maybe the organizations are real, but the events? Fiction.

I never got the impression that A&D was being presented as historal truth.

Alex · 09-08-2006, 08:48 AM

So far as I know, nothing in Angels & Demons is presented as true that isn't. Things in The Da Vinci Code are presented as true that aren't.

But we've already had that discussion.

Independent of that, though, I find Dan Brown to be an incredibly inept writer.

Not Afraid · 09-08-2006, 11:31 AM

I thought A&D was better candy than DaVinci. Entertaining and fun but I agree Flippy's observation about the scee near the end. It really ruined it for me.

BarTopDancer · 09-08-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

Spoiler:

This element has been used before in other novels that I read and I have come to accept that it is pure fantasy. It didn't bother me at all, didn't make me suspend the book-world I was submersed in. Maybe that's why.

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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Angels & Demons I just finished reading Angels & Demons. I loved it. I think it was better than the DaVinci Code. More action, more at stake. It has been a very long time since a book sucked me in like this. I found myself with an open mouth going wtf more than once. Great book. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	It was certainly an entertaining read, but I have to admit that one element went waaay off my suspension-of-disbelief scale. (It's something near the end so if you haven't read the book and plan to, do not open the spoiler window below.) Spoiler: Jumping out of a helicopter many thousands of feet in the air holding onto a tarp? And then he was perfectly okay!?!?!? Oh well, not like the book was aiming for anything like realism.
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09-07-2006, 11:58 PM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I barely made it through The Da Vinci Code because the writing was such hack. I made it about 75 pages into Angels & Demons before throwing the book away. I wasn't even willing to risk it getting into another person's hands. Better that it be recyled into cardboard.
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09-08-2006, 12:18 AM	#5
Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	I guess it just depends on what you are looking for in a work of fiction. Personally, I'm less interested in logical feasability than I am in good storytelling and interesting characters. I thought "A&D's" had both and I preferred it over "The Davinci Code". Of course, I also adore Dean Koontz, who many consider a hack.
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09-08-2006, 12:23 AM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The stories he is trying to tell are fine by me (though I strongly disapprove of his deceptions in claiming historical truth for some things that simply aren't). It is the quality of writing that I find abominable (but it is ok to disagree, just sharing my opinion).
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09-08-2006, 08:20 AM	#7
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	While I think it would be amazing if The DaVinci Code were real (mainly due to my feelings towards organized religion), I don't, and never once thought it was real. The places are real, maybe the organizations are real, but the events? Fiction. I never got the impression that A&D was being presented as historal truth. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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09-08-2006, 08:48 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	So far as I know, nothing in Angels & Demons is presented as true that isn't. Things in The Da Vinci Code are presented as true that aren't. But we've already had that discussion. Independent of that, though, I find Dan Brown to be an incredibly inept writer.
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09-08-2006, 11:31 AM	#9
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I thought A&D was better candy than DaVinci. Entertaining and fun but I agree Flippy's observation about the scee near the end. It really ruined it for me.
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