How many people look to their "read at the beach/airport" thrillers to be examples of incredible literature?
I don't. I want to the storyline to be moderately interesting, but not overly complex. Overly complex is not good when you're trying to juggle the book and a rum punch on the beach while checking on your kids/wife/cute babes.
What a hoot. If anyone is "embarrassed" to be seen reading this book, perhaps you should think a little less about what a group of total strangers think about you or your reading material.
Well, Papatola leans leftward in most of his critiques, so we'll chalk this one up to liberal hauteur. He does nail the underwhelming attributes of the book and movie, though.
Love what you said! And I have to agree: John Grisham is about as deep as I want to get, or perhaps Crichton.
Don't want to spill that Rum Punch [actually, I prefer Cape Cods: cranberry juice is good for the bod, doncha know!]
;o)
I agree. I don't buy a novel
to raise my image in someone
else's view.
I enjoyed both Da Vinci Code
and Angels and Demons as
sleuth type novels. I especially
like following the maps and clues.
Great lit? Hardly, NTL still
good reads. But then...color
me oddball...I reread all the
J.K.Rowling Potter books, twice!