Comments on: The timeless literature of Dan Brown (or, why The Da Vinci Code just plain sucks) http://kev.elbowroomdesign.com/122/the-timeless-literature-of-dan-brown-or-why-the-da-vinci-code-just-plain-sucks/ improvising ideas and inspiring change Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: 49ers Jersey http://kev.elbowroomdesign.com/122/the-timeless-literature-of-dan-brown-or-why-the-da-vinci-code-just-plain-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-889 49ers Jersey Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:09:13 +0000 http://kev.elbowroomdesign.com/122/the-timeless-literature-of-dan-brown-or-why-the-da-vinci-code-just-plain-sucks/#comment-889 Brown’s writing is “not just bad; it is staggeringly Brown’s writing is “not just bad; it is staggeringly

]]> By: Harrison http://kev.elbowroomdesign.com/122/the-timeless-literature-of-dan-brown-or-why-the-da-vinci-code-just-plain-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Harrison Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:00:16 +0000 http://kev.elbowroomdesign.com/122/the-timeless-literature-of-dan-brown-or-why-the-da-vinci-code-just-plain-sucks/#comment-107 Ha ha ha, that's awesome. I remember picking up Christy's copy of the book, skimming the first page or two, and putting it down because I hated the prose. Strangely, the same thing happened to me with the first book from the Left Behind series. So horribly written. What bothers me is that this is what people want. They WANT to read stuff that sounds like it was written by a fifth-grader. Those books that make sense? The ones that are well-written and clever and insightful AND fun? Why, those are for uptight intellectuals totally out of touch with the rest of us. Ha ha ha, that’s awesome. I remember picking up Christy’s copy of the book, skimming the first page or two, and putting it down because I hated the prose. Strangely, the same thing happened to me with the first book from the Left Behind series. So horribly written.

What bothers me is that this is what people want. They WANT to read stuff that sounds like it was written by a fifth-grader. Those books that make sense? The ones that are well-written and clever and insightful AND fun? Why, those are for uptight intellectuals totally out of touch with the rest of us.

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