ive read the da vinci code and angels and demons, i tried to read deception point but i found it very hard to get into and i gave up in the end because it just wasnt what i was expecting, i thought it was a major let down, but i loved the da vinci code and angels and demons, they were excellent books with a solid storyline and were easy to get into, they had me hooked from the beginning

Dan Brown is a terrible writer. He is controversial not just for the content of his books, but controversial for being a best-seller when he writes like a fourteen year old.

I read this book because of the hype and was bitterly disappointed. It read like a film script. Chapters were extremely short (a cunning way to get the reader to carry on reading) and they all seemed to end with a "DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!!" Things were convenient, or random. Man fucks girl at end true Hollywood style when there was only one brief mention of chemistry between them throughout the whole story.

Credit must go to Brown for his genius to pull off the ultimate generic story; possibly ever written. He lacks diversity, sophistication and the likes, but he did tell a story. He also did a lot of research for this book.

For me, I don't like reading a story where the language seems to indicate that a fourteen year-old had written it. I was constantly annoyed by the lack of characterization (I like to feel for the characters when I am reading a story), the predictibility, the stupidity of the characters who apparently couldn't recognise mirror writing, and the script-like style.