I hate the Da Vinci Code. Is it because Dan Brown is a horrible historian, twisting facts like labeling his book as fiction and then stating in the front that all the organizations and stuff are true? Yes. Is it because he is merely riding the coattails of controversy? Definitely yes. But are any of these reasons the only reasons I hate him? No.
I hate it because, in short, he is a horrible writer. And he should not be on the bestsellers list, praised for being a horrible writer. He has no style. His characters are infamously 2D and the SAME for all his books. Read Angels and Demons. Does Vittoria sound familiar? She should. She's exactly like Sophie Neveu. Furthermore, he cannot write or create a plot, except to perpetually use banal cliffhangers and suspension points. If you need to resort to those tricks to keep an audience hooked...sorry, you suck.
However, almost all my friends at school LOVE him and his book. Does literary merit count for nothing these days?
P.S. What about his portrayal of Opus Dei? IF you belonged in Opus Dei, would you be pissed? TIME magazine recently did an article on the REAL Opus Dei.
*EDIT*
I acknowledge wholeheartedly that the book is FICTION. HOwever, a news article awhile back (I can't remember which one) says that Dan Brown himself claims that he had "even more information" to make people doubt Jesus' divinity and cause more "scandal." To me, that sounds like he's crossing into the non fiction line.
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