Title: Makes "DaVinci" seem like ...DaVinci
Product review: Whoa, who knew that there was a worse bestseller out there than DaVinci Code? At least Dan Brown has the mechanics of a thriller down: the striplings behind "Rule of Four" are rank amateurs. Brown at least keeps the writing simple: The prose in "Rule" is clotted with complicated syntax, choking on exposition and littered with silly pronouncements. The book's "wisdom" is especially laughable: The philosophical spoutings of Ivy League seniors are unbearably pompous even to other Ivy League seniors--why would the authors think grownups would take them seriously? The dialogue and plotting is farcical and would be hooted out of a writer's workshop. The publishing establishment has done these boyz and readers everywhere a great disservice by pumping up "Rule" as a literate successor to "DaVinci" -- don't try to sell us warmed-over Olive Garden fare when we're in the mood for a Big Mac.
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