Title: Much ado about very little
Product review: I have to give Dan Brown credit; he had a great idea for a book. But he has neither the skill or the ability to carry it out. I can't find anything in this book that justifies the enormous hype it has received. The quest for the Holy Grail, and what the Grail actually represents, is fascinating, but Brown tries to wrap it in the stale trappings of a pedestrian whodunit that doesn't do the material justice. The characters are one-sided and don't really engage us, and the writing is just plain sophomoric. The idea of Mary Magdalene as the wife of Jesus isn't original with Brown; it's been done much better by other writers, most notably by José Saramago in "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ". I came away from this book with a deep sense of disappointment. Brown had a good idea for a book, but somebody else should have written it.
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