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Review title: Typing, and bad typing at that
Product review: I made my bones by reading all of Brown's novels: da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress, so listen up:1. Awkward phrasing? Check.2. Cardboard characters copied from previous DB book? Check.3. Totally bogus technology or theology? Check.4. Implausible motivations? Check.I actually enjoyed da Vinci Code, at least the first time through, but Brown's novels get progressively worse. I donated my copies of A&D; and DP to my gym's library, but with Digital Fortress I did something I've only done once before: I burned it.In Mark Twain's essay "The Literary Crimes of James Fenimore Cooper" he lists the 19 (some say 21) rules of composition, and states that Cooper achieved a record 15 violations in the space of 2/3 of a page. Brown beats that record every time.Try "Eye of the Needle" or "Day of the Jackal" if you want a good page-turner thriller. Remember, the hours spent with Brown's junk are gone forever, never to return...
