Title: worst New York Times bestseller I've ever read
Product review: I wanted to like this book. I really did. Even after not being moved by the first half of the book, I gave it the benefit of the doubt and finished it believing things would get better. Turns out, I just wasted my time.I had hoped it would be something like a Dan Brown novel, especially after reading a quote on the back cover by The New York Times Book Review praising The Rule of Four as "the ultimate puzzle book." In reality, solving the Hypnerotomachia wasn't a major plot line, but rather a backdrop of sorts.A line at the top of the front cover reads, "500 Years Ago the First Men Were Murdered to Protect the Secret." This led me to believe that there would be secret societies and mysterious murders throughout the book ala Da Vinci Code, but this also turned out to be false hope as well.The Rule of Four basically centers around the college lives of the main character and his three friends, all of whom you do not give a damn about due to poor writing.
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