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Originally Posted by tanjo Amazing reasoning you have here. Your hostile reaction without having read the book sure does separate you from all those slack-jawed hillbillies you were talking about. I don't understand the negative reaction the book gets from so many people. I guess it's because it's so popular or something and people don't understand why. Really, the thing is like candy or popcorn for anyone interested in history, art, and religion with all the references. And as an English major who reads all the time, I'm not literarily shallow. The book is good for what it is. |
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Its popularity has nothing to do with people's negative feelings on the basis of its value as a piece of literature. Its just plain bad. The "facts" are wrong, it tells not shows, the descriptions are one liners that reference movie stars, and the mystery was mind-numbing.
