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To: astoundedlib
Pretty anxious to read the book and then see the movie...

I tried to read it, but the writing is at the third-grade level.

The fact that it is so popular is because so many people who read it were functionally illiterate and reading a novel for the first time in their lives.

Naturally they would think it was great.

16 posted on 05/17/2006 10:34:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The fact that it is so popular is because so many people who read it were functionally illiterate and reading a novel for the first time in their lives.

Bears repeating. The lowest common denominator is the winner every time in mass popular culture.

18 posted on 05/17/2006 10:37:48 AM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; astoundedlib
I tried to read it, but the writing is at the third-grade level.

As I said on another thread, I got to about page thirty and gave up. It was like reading the transcript of a pretentious episode of Scooby Doo.

23 posted on 05/17/2006 10:44:57 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Haha! Nice try, but a couple of teachers and doctors i know enjoyed the book... The reason why it was so popular is because of the complexity of it's plot, and the subtleties of it's puzzle...

You are right though, The davinci code was the first book for a lot of people, but that doesn't mean they are total dumb a*s.

Best regards.
26 posted on 05/17/2006 11:05:10 AM PDT by astoundedlib
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