Thanks to my obsessive book-blogging and cross-referencing, I can reveal that these are the top ten books on LibraryThing by popularity which I have given two or fewer stars out of five:

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Twilight by Stefenie Meyer
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur ( Read more... )

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  The Lost Symbol and The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's 20 worst sentences - Telegraph
  Spoilt for choice, really!
  (tags: sf)

...is far and away the top-rated review of the book on Library Thing!

If you voted for it, thank you!

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I spotted the mysteriously bold letters, but did wonder what it was all about.

Seen in passing:

daegaer has collected lots on The Gospel of Judas.

The judgement in the case known as The Da Vinci Code vs The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail is discussed by liadnan here and major_clanger here. I skimmed the entire 71-page judgement and found it surprisingly badly presented - could have done with a lot more commas and better sentence structure. However ( Read more... )

2) The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown

Hmm. The roots of this book are pretty obvious. Some of the basic plot lines have been done much better elsewhere. For instance: Young woman who has been educated in cryptography - Neil Stephenson's The Diamond Age. Dubious proceedings involving a plane flight from France to London - Agatha Christie's Death in ( Read more... )