I thought it was a fun book. It's not high literature. And it does leave the reader with certain inaccuracies. But there really is a branch of biblical scholarship that supports the Jesus/Mary Magdalene relationship. That part isn't made up at all. They're pretty fringey, of course.
lurkette and I went on a Dan Brown kick for a while earlier this year. I can recommend
Deception Point for another fun, adventuresome read.
Angels and Demons was decent. Stay the hell away from
Digital Fortress at all costs.
Here's what we noticed. They're all the same book. When I met a character in the first two sentences of
Deception Point's prologue, I knew that character would be dead by the end of the prologue. And he telegraphs the "whodunnit" by making the villain be the character he went to the most trouble to make you like.
YES, I have a degree in English Lit. I'm just not a snob about it, is all.
