review: the da vinci code

[rone]

It's easy to dismiss this book as "Foucault's Pendulum" for dummies, but despite what i consider a boilerplate thriller plot and predictable turns and twists, it's still entertaining because of all the wacky facts about Templars, da Vinci, and the Louvre. On a scale of:

1 - Buy the hardcover
2 - Wait for the paperback
3 - Find the paperback used
4 - Borrow it from the library
5 - Don't bother
6 - Burn the book

... i give it a 4.

Comments

SO CRANKY TODAY

[palecur.livejournal.com]

Kicking yourself in the nuts would be better than exposing yourself to Robert Anton Wilson deliberately. If you want entertaining random angry nonsense, a racemic mix of PKD and HST does the trick better. Hofstadter and Gould are honest hacks who hit the mark more often than not, so with high-quality bullshit filters, I guess I can back thos. recommendations.

Foucault's Pendulum was no Name of the Rose, but a fine read nonetheless.

Re: SO CRANKY TODAY

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Having not kicked myself in the nuts recently, I defer to your judgement in this matter. I also recommend that you stop this self-abuse.

Foucault's Pendulum was no Name of the Rose

Precisely: Foucault's Pendulum was accessible and entertaining.

Now, either get a longer skirt on that icon, or just post some hentai Hokusai like I know you want to.

Re: SO CRANKY TODAY

[palecur.livejournal.com]

I seriously want to know what kinds of drugs make a man believe Name of the Rose was less accessible than Foucault's Pendulum. You've already amply demonstrated the brokenness of your Entertainment Evaluation brain lobe, so we needn't discuss that aspect. But, seriously, how is Name of the Rose less accessible than the admittedly entertaining ziggurat of Kabalistic Konspirakii that is Pendulum?

ps: Dream of the Fisherman's Wife 4 eva yo.