The only Dan Brown book I have ever read was called Digital Fortress and I thought it was a pretty fantastic book. I read it years before the whole Davinci Code fad became a thing. I am not sure what order he wrote or published those books. I have never seen the movies either. I think the whole controversy around the Catholic church that garnered so much attention is ultimately what made it undesirable for me to ever read the books or watch the movies. If you ever get a chance, you should check out Digital Fortress. I remember it being pretty decent.
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i read it, it was 5 years or so before DaVinci. Even though it has a very different theme in that it is less "physical" it is essentially the same story. I'm not gonna come down on Dan Brown for that because well, he is a seriously accomplished author. He found a particular system that worked and then ran with it. Nobody can fault the man for that.
For sure. One of my very favorite authors Clive Cussler is kind of the same way. Even when he changes up the characters, it is still the same MO. I think the same can probably be said for James Patterson as well though I think he mostly uses ghost writers these days.
James Patterson in hella-rich and yes, he does the same thing. I suppose an author that specializes in a certain type of story telling it is a bit much to ask them to deviate from that. Only Stephen King can swith around and he has been at it for 50 years.
Indeed, I really need to read a Stephen King book at some point in my life. I am sorry to say I haven't dug into any of this work. I think I would need to start with something not scary if he has anything like that. Have you read any books by James Rollins? I also really enjoy Stephen Lawhead.
Now they're going to release Shining sequel: Doctor Sleep. I haven't read the novel yet!
I saw that. I haven't read or seen The Shinning at all.