[Nebuchadnezzar]

I hated the book. It took me five days to read it because I wanted to tear my eyeballs out after every chapter.

My problems with the book weren't even on its faulty factual basis. The writing was just fucking horrible, both structure and style. Small, one digit chapters that all end in whimpy cliffhangers, descriptions that use movie stars to describe characters, etc. It was high school creative writing quality...

Also, what's with all the "the writing wasn't great but it's a page turner" crap? No it isn't. The same people that think its a page turner are the same people that thought "March of the Penguins" was mind blowing. Watch the discovery channel for once in your life.

And the "mystery" was laughable. Every single clue had me wanting to bash my head in, the Isaac Netwon five letter password a prime example. Never once did I feel the characters were intelligent, never once was something really a mystery but instead, the unknown. A real writer is able to give all the information to the reader and still have the surprise be great because of the multiple possiblities set up within the mystery. All Brown does it hold back info to try to create a false illusion of mystery.

There...happy?

How the movie could be worse I don't know...but I'll probably see it, one friend or another will force me to I'm sure.