Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Which other authors do you enjoy? Discuss them here.
User avatar
zaidi
Posts: 799
Joined: 26 Dec 2010, 18:14
Favourite book/series: FamousFive
Favourite character: Nick and Julian
Contact:

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Post by zaidi »

I just read Dan Brown yesterday and found him quite interesting g he's the writer after Enid i liked the most. I would say all of you should read about Angels and Demons it's a wonderful book very interesting. I would like all of you's to please add to Dan Brown.
User avatar
Anita Bensoussane
Forum Administrator
Posts: 26769
Joined: 30 Jan 2005, 23:25
Favourite book/series: Adventure series, Six Cousins books, Six Bad Boys
Favourite character: Jack Trent, Fatty and Elizabeth Allen
Location: UK

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by Anita Bensoussane »

I read The Da Vinci Code a few years ago and was disappointed by it. The puzzles weren't very intriguing (a few times I found myself one step ahead of the main protagonists) and much of the controversial religious speculation was taken from another book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. However, I've heard from several people that Angels and Demons is a more interesting read so I might give it a go one of these days. I think Stephen, Lucky Star and Nigel have said in the past that they enjoyed it.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.


Society Member
User avatar
Daisy
Posts: 16632
Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by Daisy »

I can add that I too have read both books and Angels & Demons is the better one in my opinion.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

Society Member
User avatar
Lucky Star
Posts: 11485
Joined: 28 May 2006, 12:59
Favourite book/series: The Valley of Adventure
Favourite character: Mr Goon
Location: Surrey, UK

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by Lucky Star »

Same here. Angels and Demons is more suspenseful and its not so easy to work out whats going to happen.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero

Society Member
User avatar
Moonraker
Posts: 22387
Joined: 31 Jan 2005, 19:15
Location: Wiltshire, England
Contact:

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by Moonraker »

Yes, A&D is my favourite of Dan Brown's titles. I have recently read The Lost Symbol, which I found to be just more of the same. I have really had enough now of this type of story - the market seems to be saturated with what I call Holy Grail Thrillers.
Society Member
User avatar
zaidi
Posts: 799
Joined: 26 Dec 2010, 18:14
Favourite book/series: FamousFive
Favourite character: Nick and Julian
Contact:

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by zaidi »

There are some parts in it not to be read by children so i skipped those but other than that i loved the part where Langdon met Kohler and explained him the Illuminati. Those of u who read the book what do you think about the illuminati and the Catholic church.
User avatar
Anita Bensoussane
Forum Administrator
Posts: 26769
Joined: 30 Jan 2005, 23:25
Favourite book/series: Adventure series, Six Cousins books, Six Bad Boys
Favourite character: Jack Trent, Fatty and Elizabeth Allen
Location: UK

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by Anita Bensoussane »

zaidi wrote:Those of u who read the book what do you think about the illuminati and the Catholic church.
Don't forget that Dan Brown is writing fiction. He mixes invention, speculation and fact in a confusing manner in order to write an entertaining (he hopes!) story, and I wouldn't jump to any conclusions about Christian beliefs from reading the books of Dan Brown!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.


Society Member
User avatar
zaidi
Posts: 799
Joined: 26 Dec 2010, 18:14
Favourite book/series: FamousFive
Favourite character: Nick and Julian
Contact:

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by zaidi »

I said it because in Dan brown's note before the book he says " Illuminati are real" He wrote in the novel that first the Catholics were cruel to the Illuminati and then the Illuminati are to the Catholics.
User avatar
izzy_1991
Posts: 46
Joined: 11 Aug 2010, 13:53
Favourite book/series: Faraway Tree
Favourite character: Elizabeth Allen - Naughtiest Girl
Location: Exmouth, Devon

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by izzy_1991 »

zaidi,

Firstly, sorry it's taking me so long to reply to your private message. I need to use a computer for them but tend to access this site on my mobile.
zaidi wrote:I just read Dan Brown yesterday and found him quite interesting g he's the writer after Enid i liked the most.
I have not read Dan Brown books myself but since my fiancee read one a few months ago, he was not able to put it down and has since read all other books by Dan Brown. To get my fiancee to read is a task in itself so Dan's writing must be interestng.

I have watched both Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code as they have now both been brought out as films, both starring Tom Hanks. They were brilliant!! Unfortunately, although hadn't read the books I must agree with Anita:
Anita Bensoussane wrote:(a few times I found myself one step ahead of the main protagonists)
But the films are well worth watching.

As for reading, I'll stick to my Blyton's :D
"leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something"
- Enid Blyton (Five on a Hike Together)
User avatar
zaidi
Posts: 799
Joined: 26 Dec 2010, 18:14
Favourite book/series: FamousFive
Favourite character: Nick and Julian
Contact:

Re: Dan Brown the writer of Angels and Demons

Post by zaidi »

dsr
Posts: 1224
Joined: 10 Dec 2006, 00:25
Location: Colne, Lancashire

Re: Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Post by dsr »

Be very careful what you believe about Dan Brown's books. They're fiction, pure and simple, but they are set in real places (though some of them are altered to suit the plot - eg. the pyramid at the Louvre does not have 666 glass windows.) This way of mixing bits of truth with fiction is designed to make you believe the whole thing has truth in it - when it hasn't, it's invention.
DSR
User avatar
zaidi
Posts: 799
Joined: 26 Dec 2010, 18:14
Favourite book/series: FamousFive
Favourite character: Nick and Julian
Contact:

Re: Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Post by zaidi »

Merged with an older topic.

Dan Brown's Da vinci Code is a real thriller! :idea: 8)
Has anyone tried any Dan Brown books as yet?
User avatar
Moonraker
Posts: 22387
Joined: 31 Jan 2005, 19:15
Location: Wiltshire, England
Contact:

Re: Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Post by Moonraker »

Love them! It irritates me when it is written Da Vinci - it should be da Vinci. Goodness knows why the publishers did this.
Society Member
User avatar
Daisy
Posts: 16632
Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England

Re: Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Post by Daisy »

Yes, I have read and enjoyed the Dan Brown books. The situations from which people extricate themselves is truly amazing. I'm not sure which book it was, but when I had read it - and it was a long one as they all are, I was amazed to find all the action had taken place in 24 hours!
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

Society Member
User avatar
floragord
Posts: 2322
Joined: 31 Jul 2013, 14:41
Favourite book/series: THE FARAWAY TREE SERIES
Favourite character: Silky
Location: Pembrokeshire "Little England Beyond Wales"

Re: Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, etc.

Post by floragord »

I enjoyed both the book and film version of this - found the better known THE DA VINCI CODE poor and the movie version agonising... In our wanderings in France last year we visited the rather atmospheric hill town of Rennes le Chateau where documents purporting to relate to the "Sangreal" or royal blood were supposed to have been discovered by the village priest in his church, launching a thousand conspiracy theories. We were there in the evening, few people about, and found it quite absorbing to follow through on a book called THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL Anita mentioned earlier in this topic.
"Its a magic wood!" said Fanny suddenly.
Post Reply