Še niste padli na Izgubljeni simbol Dana Browna? Včeraj izšlo, že danes v vašem mestu. Če imate e-knjigo. Tudi za pol cene. 80 milijonov prodanih izvodov kot Da Vincijeva šifra? Takšen dosežek je neponovljiv, še prostozidarji nimajo vsega pod nadzorom. Opus Dei je močnejši.
Within three pages of The Lost Symbol – published yesterday with a show-off midnight release date, only otherwise given to JK Rowling – Dan Brown manages to satisfy both his fans and detractors.
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After only a few paragraphs, a basic grammatical howler inadvertently gives the impression that the White House is a replica of a pre-Christian temple. A few chapters in, a plural adjective is paired with a single noun. The best-selling novelist in modern history, it is clear, remains the worst-writing.
So the narrative is still lumpen, witless, adjectivally-promiscuous and addicted to using italics to convey excitement where more adept thriller writers generally prefer to use words – it’s just less of all these things than Da Vinci Code survivors might have feared, or even anticipated with malicious glee.
As the sequel to The Da Vinci Code – The Lost Symbol – goes on sale today, there is one symbol that is sure to loom large in Dan Brown’s bank account.
No need to decode this one: $.
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But despite this, The Lost Symbol’s 509 pages are a gripping read. Dan Brown has created a successful formula and he’s stuck to it.
Even after the book’s climactic showdown, you must slog through another 50-plus pages of exposition that Brown couldn’t cram into the main narrative. Sometimes it seems that authors, like their villains, don’t know when to leave well enough alone.
In, ah, ja, Robert Langdon tokrat leti s falconom 2000ex. Morda se ga slovenski vladi posreči dati v najem vsaj za snemanje filma. In ga potem lažje trži kot Letalo, s katerim je letel Tom Hanks.
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