Dan Browns Writing

I have just completed Dan Browns First book Angels and Demons (prequel to The Da vinci code) featuring Historian Robert Langdon.
Ok i know i am late at this but i have a perfect explanation to dissuade anyones perked interests in my 'slackery' Most of my friends read the two books already, but hey, i was brought up catholic, and have always had an innate lethargy when it comes to reading conspiracy buff's theories. That said however, i tend to understand why Browns books have sold millions of copies - 'the da vinci code' for example sold millions of copies when it just got released years ago.

i think Browns books give some sort of release to those who have always battled with the theory presented in the Bible about the dawn of humanity and all, the story of Jesus et al, more so those who - fraught with mishaps in their lives - have been deigned to present a cynicism of the whole concept of christianity.

i stand firm and believe. The conservative catholic that is i and my alter ego, (you can call it) the perpetual inquisitive that i always have been, battled endlessly and the latter won, so, i picked up 'the da vinci code' my workmates must have seen me curling my lips with distaste over some of the conspiracies literally spawned in this book, Jesus' marriage to Mary Mangdalene, and my outright guffaw at some of the other things said in the book....

that said... i like the second 'Angels and Demons' part where the camerlengo (The Pope's helper, higher than an underling, lower than the cardinals) concedes defeat of Christianity by science and calls the latter 'the new god' i think the prose dictating this demagogue is 'off the hook'

pick up a copy of Angels and Demons today, but dont read with too much conviction... remember, this is just thriller fiction. and please, dont just watch the movie.