Title: The book is a 4-star if you stop reading before the end
Product review: Dan Brown just does not know when to stop - he is too clever by half. A surprise ending is great; two more surprises that undo the previous surprise(s) gets annoying. Mr. Brown has a genius for making what could be a fairly dry/academic topic very exciting and (to a point) plausible. He brings the reader along for a great ride - up to a point - and then, as he has done in all of his books, he goes beyond the point of credulity and crashes. It is a shame. I have read three of his books. He is a fine writer but (or at least could be), but until he has learned to stop trying to prove how clever he is and put his pencil down he will continue to be like the painter who paints a masterpiece, but lacking the wisdom of knowing when to stop, keeps painting and makes a second-rate mess.
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