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 Stunning
There have been so many great reviews for this novel that I rushed out and bought it and read it in a single night. And it stood up to the hype. Many people have said this already, but this is NOT the Da Vinci Code. It is a slightly slower, definitely more thoughtful, and WAY better written tale of four friends at Princeton who's adventures take them under the influence of a 500 year old book with many unsolved mysteries. One of the things I didn't like about the Da Vinci Code was that people were constantly dying in silly ways, commiting suicide in the museum in a symbolic way, or beating themselves to death. After a while, you started to feel like Dan Brown spent every chapter trying to think of a new way for somebody to die, just to keep the action going. In The Rule of Four, the authors do a much better job of making the action flow naturally from the plot. It is also impossible to explain how much better the writing is here. Some parts aren't easy reads, but neither were parts of The Name of the Rose. The rewards in The Rule of Four are similar. In fact, I liked the characters here even more than in Name of the Rose, so the ending was especially good. Take this one to the beach for sure!
NO DA VINCI CODE!
If you were led to this book after reading the Da Vinci Code you will be bitterly disappointed. Although well-written by talented and obviously intelligent men, the reader must slog through innumerable references elicited from every college textbook they ever purchased. The first half of the book is nothing but shameless namedropping as to hordes of obscure poets, philosophers, mathematicians, etc. It seems only to say, "See how educated I've become." As to the "codes" and ciphers, please, give us a break-too much information! The story could have been interesting if there had been any action, but three-quarters of the way through you still aren't sure just what it is they are trying to prove. And you don't care. You just want the book to end. And it did, but you are left thinking "what was the point?" I really enjoy a "deep" book, but this was just a total yawn. I can only assume this novel popped to the top of the best seller lists by riding on the coattails of "The Da Vinci Code." I read that one in 2 days. This one took a week just because I was determined to finish it. Better luck next time. I wouldn't make it through dinner with any of the characters in this book.
 No Way Near The DaVinci Code!
I purchased this book because it was tauted as The DaVinci Code for 2004. NOT! Where the DaVinci Code engaged the reader in the problem solving and code breaking, in The Rule of Four, the reader is spoon-fed the answers. I was very satisfied with the DaVinci Code, esp. when I would get the answers to the cyphers correct. I am so disappointed in The Rule of Four, that maybe I will just set it on fire too, though I doubt anyone would martyr themselves rescuing it...
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