So I am stuck in this situation where I have to appease my parents for purchasing this book as a gift. The best solution I came up with is to read through it as fast as possible, conveying to my parents that I am very interested in the novel, while also allowing myself to return to reading Midnight's Children as soon as possible. I made it 150 pages into the novel in two days, which is suprising I never ususally read that fast. It's amazing how my contempt for Mr. Brown's work has allowed me to read so quickly. It may also be because the novel was written at a grade six level and goes into details that are covered in any rudimentary art class. I have never even had to reread a single line, and I feel like I am better than the author because I know most of the details which he feels he needs to delve into. For a book obsessed with codes and hidden meanings it is suprisingly pulpish.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Trapped in New York
I'm trapped. Not literally of course, but I am in a predicament. My parents came home from Texas with a copy of the DaVinci Code. They already have a copy but have leant it to someone else. Working on two absolutely ludicrous assumptions, they believe that 1. I wanted to read the book and 2. That I really wanted to see the movie. Neither of these have a grain of truth. I am well aware of Mr. Brown's writting and his popularity, however I don't really like books where you don't have to think about what you're reading. I think it's the equivalent of watching some detective show on T.V. entertaining but fruitless.
So I am stuck in this situation where I have to appease my parents for purchasing this book as a gift. The best solution I came up with is to read through it as fast as possible, conveying to my parents that I am very interested in the novel, while also allowing myself to return to reading Midnight's Children as soon as possible. I made it 150 pages into the novel in two days, which is suprising I never ususally read that fast. It's amazing how my contempt for Mr. Brown's work has allowed me to read so quickly. It may also be because the novel was written at a grade six level and goes into details that are covered in any rudimentary art class. I have never even had to reread a single line, and I feel like I am better than the author because I know most of the details which he feels he needs to delve into. For a book obsessed with codes and hidden meanings it is suprisingly pulpish.
So I am stuck in this situation where I have to appease my parents for purchasing this book as a gift. The best solution I came up with is to read through it as fast as possible, conveying to my parents that I am very interested in the novel, while also allowing myself to return to reading Midnight's Children as soon as possible. I made it 150 pages into the novel in two days, which is suprising I never ususally read that fast. It's amazing how my contempt for Mr. Brown's work has allowed me to read so quickly. It may also be because the novel was written at a grade six level and goes into details that are covered in any rudimentary art class. I have never even had to reread a single line, and I feel like I am better than the author because I know most of the details which he feels he needs to delve into. For a book obsessed with codes and hidden meanings it is suprisingly pulpish.
