Title: "Code" Blues
Product review: Watch out Michael Crichton, you've got competition. With "Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown rivals you for one-dimensional characters, preposterous plot and misogynistic flourishes. However, he does you one better with his crypto-paranoid conspiracy theories centering around the Catholic church and forays into third-rate art criticism. The appeal of "Da Vinci" is mystifying, especially when Brown's "Angels and Demons" is a far better book, if you want a religious thriller. That one actually thrills. This one just makes you snicker with its completely inept writing style, character development and plot. Never has Paris been so slighted in fiction-this book is supposedly set in the Louvre but Brown's Louvre has all the atmosphere of a mall poster shop. If you must read a thriller, try Dean Koontz. If you must read Dan Brown, try "Angels and Demons." This "Code" isn't worth cracking.
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