Title: Good, but not great
Product review: To be honest, I didn't know where this book was going halfway through it. With that said, however, this book finishes strong and was an interesting read overall. This book is not the Da Vinci Code and many of Dan Brown's readers may be disappointed with it. The plot is slower and takes place all at Princeton University. The mystery the main characters are trying to solve is harder to grasp then in other similar books and there are fewer tidbits of fascinating knowledge regarding the ancient world. When the mystery is solved, though, and the reader finally knows what occurred in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and why it was written during the Renaissance, the story becomes more interesting. I'm afraid that by then its' too late and the readers finish the book merely because they have come so far into it. Perhaps the most valuable part of the book is the authors' keen observations regarding friendship, relationships, and human nature. The book was good, but not great.
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