THE DA VINCI CODE
By Dan Brown
Bantam Press. 454 pages. £10.99
ISBN 0 593 05152 1
A page-turner with badly drawn characters and mediocre writing - why should EN want to review 'The Da Vinci Code'?
Take a look at the reviews on Amazon.com and you'll get an idea of the answer. Usually a book gets a handful of reviews, some a bit more - 'The Da Vinci Code' has had over 1,100 reviews posted and the numbers are still growing. Overall the book receives an average four star rating (out of five) as many people felt it was a great thriller, couldn't put it down, found it loaded with many interesting historical facts and lots of intrigue. A significant number gave it a bad review for poor writing, predictability, and flat characters.
