I have yet to see The Da Vinci Code, and I still have 100 pages left in the book, but I’m excited to hear that Angels and Demons is already being considered for the big screen. Even though I haven’t finished The Da Vinci Code, I agree with many others that Angels and Demons is the better book. Not only is the story better, but Angels and Demons seems more like movie material than The Da Vinci Code. Angels and Demons has tons of cool action and some sci-fi elements, where a lot of The Da Vinci Code is a bunch talking. That’s not saying that books with people talking is bad, but that some books make better movies than other books.

Since I’m talking about the book, I might as well give my opinion thus far. As a work of fiction, I think it’s an average book. I’m past the holy grail explanation that seemed to go on forever. I see what people are upset about, but I’m personally more upset that Dan Brown ruined the believability of the novel. I was enjoying the entire ride until the holy grail explanation. The problem I have is not so much that it’s "heretical," but that he didn’t convince me of anything. While he tried to give proof to support that part of the story, I think he glossed over way too much. If you’re going to challenge the convential wisdom of your reader, you better have a heck of a lot of proof. Otherwise not only do I not believe the author, but that discrepancy between the fantasy world and real-life end up colliding and ruining the whole experience.

This is where I think Dan Brown’s biggest error occurs. He’s crossed fiction and non-fiction on a subject and in a manner that pulls the reader out of the fantasy world he’s created. I personally think it ruins an otherwise enjoyable mystery.