Annie Wilkes has something to say about that (you'll understand that reference if you've read Misery, otherwise ignore). They're like those movie serials you read about (or perhaps saw if you're old enough) where the superhero/spy/adventureer would end the episode with their car flying out over the edge of a cliff (gasp) only to begin again next week, two seconds previously and jumping from the car. Both Reilly and Brown end all their chapters with cliffhangers (in the case of Ice Station quite literally, with one chapter ending with two characters actually hanging over the edge of a cliff on a Maghook). But in saying that I'm not necessarily saying the books were excellent, just that they are difficult to put down.Īnd the reason for this, I think, isn't the story itself (though Reilly's stories are exciting and would make excellent movies), but the structure. I would describe both Brown and Reilly's work as being 'unputdownable' (which is a really terrible word gaining common usage, but that's a whole other argument). Reilly is an Australian author who writes frantically paced action thrillers. So far it's a very well paced story, and it reminds me a lot fo the writing style that Matthew Reilly uses. I guess I just had to know what all the fuss is about. I'm ashamed to say I'm reading The Davinci Code. It helps to have read the Dan Brown version, but is not imperative I don't imagine. Now here's a writer that knows how to digress with style. I read the back cover and almost collapsed with laughter right there in the book aisle of K-Mart. (Which is what a cafe full of smart people did think, when I was trying to read it over my hot chocolate). And let me rest with the knowledge that it really is that good and I am not certifiably insane.
Don't read it if you have a bladder problem and don't read it if you have unsympathetic friends with an intellectual-only view on life. I won't spoil the read for anyone but be warned don't read it on a train, don't read it on a plane, don't read it anywhere in public if you are easily embarrassed and have a funny bone to speak of. Can I remember anything meaningful from the reading of it? No.īUT please tell me this? Has anyone read the little book called "The Da Vinci Cod. He can't write for peanuts in any real sense but does he hold your attention and create suspense? Yes for me he did. The strongest sense of disbelief and cynicism was my reading companion. I never caught my breathe in the way good writing makes me do. Not once did I pause at a wonderful phrase or go to make a cup of tea so I could mull over a new way Dan Brown expressed something. It's really not worth it but seems to have created so much interest!! ) I love the 'discussion' around this book. If it's inappropriate or confusing maybe a mod. (I posted this at the other Da Vinci thread, so I hope no one minds me pasting it here as well.
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