Which Dan Brown Book is Best?

[Louiseog]

I preferred A and D, it was very similar to DVC but somehow more exciting! It would make a much better film. Discuss?!

[yin/yang]

I think it depends what you're looking for in a book to be honest. I enjoyed the weaving of fact and fiction in Da Vinci code but i understand why folks prefer Angels and Demons.

It seemed to me that A&D was heavily influenced by too many Indiana Jones movies and every twist seemed a little familiar but i had read it very soon after Da Vinci. Also i had watched a film called National treasure a week prior and although i'm sure the film took it's ideas from the book, with it being the former that i had watched before A&D it made the book very familiar. Perhaps if my reading choice was reversed i would feel a little different, but either way both are good and i like a little religious contraversy. The difference between my preference is negligible.

[Kell]

I actually preferred Digital Fortress to any of the others & think it would make a much better film than TDVC.

[yin/yang]

I haven't read Digital Fortress Kell and would appreciate it greatly if you would give a brief outline of the book before i look into it. I have so many others on my list that i feel a little overwhelmed. :read: :paper: :read: :read: :paper: :read: :read:

[Kell]

I posted a review on my blog about it after reading it last October, which you can find here: http://undermindbooks.blogspot.com/2005/10/digital-fortress-by-dan-brown.html

 

It gives an idea of what to expect but doesn't reveal any plot points, so I hope you'll find it useful.

[yin/yang]

Thanks for that. Now i have yet another book on my list lol. I can deal with another Victor Victoria (or whatever it is he calls this one) it's the codes i like. It's a lazy crossword, you can have a stab at it but you don't feel pressured cause you know you'll find out in the end and it's not cheating.

[rosegarden]

I've nearly finished reading Angels & Demons and I'm really enjoying it now. About halfway through I was flagging, I very nearly gave up on it but I'm glad I persevered now as there's so much happening.

This is the only Dan Brown book I've read, not sure if I'll read any more.

I think it would make a great film too, the character Robert Langdon is sooooooooo like my favourite character of Indiana Jones.

 

Carole

 

[lexiepiper]

I've only read The Da Vinci Code, but I have Angels and Demons on my TBR pile, I must get a hold of the other two

[pipread]

I really enjoyed Angels and Demons, and thought it was much better than The Da Vinci Code. I don`t know whether that was because it was the first Dan Brown book I read, but I just didn`t feel the others were quite as gripping.

[ArthurDent]

I generally enjoyed all four, but the one I found most interesting, and probably closer to what I normally read is Deception Point. That is why I gave my vote to this one.

[Heather]

I really enjoyed Angels and Demons, and thought it was much better than The Da Vinci Code.

 

I agree pipread although these are the only 2 books that I have read my vote was for Angels and Demons.

[Rawr]

Angels and Demons for sure, flows much better than the second Langdon one. I was really captivated by the plot of Deception Point though.

[Iagegu]

Couldn't vote as I have two favourites, Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code and I can't choose between the two of them.

[Ben]

Angels and Demons wins it for me, although I did enjoy Digital Fortress. The Davinci Code was good, but over-rated. Deception Point I haven't read yet.

Edited March 21, 2009 by Ben

[Guest stillgood]

Digital Fortress Cool forever!

[SNunes]

My favourite was Digital Fortress.

 

My Dan Brown books order of preference is:

 

1.Digital Fortress

2.Da Vinci Code

3.Angels and Demons

4.Deception Point

[Stephanie2008]

I like the DaVinci Code. It gets slated a lot but I quite enjoyed it

[Nightwish]

I have only read Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons as the others never really appealed to me (even though I do have them waiting to be read), but as another poster said, I prefer the religious ones.

 

I love the mysteries in both of them and find they do keep me hooked, it's just Angels and Demons had that something extra to it.

[MissWhitlock]

I've read all of the books but it's been a while so I can't really remember. All of them were quite interesting but I especially liked the one with the Meteor Rock, think it was Deception Point

[Mac]

I enjoyed Angels & Demons most. I read this, fortuitously, just before The Da Vinci Code came out. I was absolutely hooked on Dan Brown by this point, so went and bought Digital Fortress and Deception Point on the strength of these. I shouldn't have read them one after another though (breaking my rule of 'page-turning thriller' followed by a more 'worthy' novel) and consequently found the other two a bit too formulaic for me - you know, clever hero sets out to unravel a mystery and meets a beautiful, intelligent woman along the way with whom he get's it on. Ho hum. I probably would have liked them more if I'd given myself a break from him, eh?

[Peacefield]

I loved both Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, but I do lean slightly more towards A&D. I really, really loved the locations talked about in this book, and the whole conclave topic was very interesting to me.

[MissWhitlock]

Yeah, partly why I liked Angels and Demons was because of the setting. It was really interesting to read about all the churches and the statues and stuff like that.

[Kimmy619]

Angels and Demons was my favourite. I thought that the locations and subject matter were really interesting. I also found it slightly more believable than the Da Vinci Code if that makes any sense? I think that I may have liked the Da Vinci Code more than I did if it didn't have all of the hype surrounding it, although I did still enjoy it.

Edited April 12, 2009 by Kimmy619

[Rawr]

I'm surprised people seem to like Digital Fortress more than Deception Point, i would say DP is probably my second favourite, i like the plot.

[MissWhitlock]

Yeah, I liked the plot of Deception Point too, it was very interesting. I can't really remember Digital Fortress though... All I remember is there was something about a computer... and a virus.. and a code...?