2006-11-25 13:46:53 · 20 answers · asked by gnothiteauton 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Only if they believed it.
2006-11-25 13:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, his work is fiction. I don't know what it is about his writing style. It is horrible, but I can't seem to stop turning the pages. There are some writers who are writing the same kind of puzzle, code and intrigue fiction who do a much better job of it. Take a look at another book, Kate Mosse's novel The Labyrinth:
www.mosselabyrinth.co.uk
She is the thinking person's Dan Brown.
Another good read that might be good for you is "Codex" by Lev Grossman:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/lev-grossman/codex.htm
Finally, a really good read is "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomas:
http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/theruleoffour/
If you are going to read this one, be sure you also read the companion book, "The Real Rule of Four" by Joscelyn Godwin. Godwin is a real scholar and gives you a deep background that the novel just gives a brief and sometimes inaccurate treatment.
Sorry to make this so long. Just wanted to show that reading Dan Brown is a little like eating junk food at a gourmet banquet. Sure you could do it, but why would you?
2006-11-25 21:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by Karma Chimera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Dan Browns' writing I have read all of his fiction books. I would say it is possible to be harmful to a reader who is uneducated and take his intelligent writing style as truth. The sign of a great writer is someone who makes it seem so real; however, it is important that we use are ability to question ones truths and discover for ourselves what is real and fiction.
2006-11-25 15:38:19 · answer #3 · answered by Daz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the truly uneducated. Rule number 1: Don't believe what you read because it's been printed. If you're referring to 'The Davinci Code' I was very disappointed. Anyone who knew anything about da Vinci would have figured out the mirror writing long ago. AND they ran into a railway station in Paris, which was obviously the Gare St. Lazare and came out of the station to find themselves in what was obviously the Gare du Nord. The mystery story was OK: the proof reader didn't do a good job.
2006-11-25 23:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only way Dan Browns book could hurt anyone was if someone hit you on the head with it
2006-11-25 14:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dan Browns work is sold as fiction, if people choose to believe it as fact then it could be said to change their belief patterns, but this isn't really harmful!
2006-11-25 13:55:55 · answer #6 · answered by libbyft 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose any book could "do harm" to some reader. It could fall off a shelf and land on someone's head.
2006-11-25 14:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most it would do is make someone think. If that can be harmful, then yes I guess it could do harm.
2006-11-25 13:51:41 · answer #8 · answered by operaphantom2003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. His work is fiction. I don't see how it could harm the reader.
2006-11-25 13:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unlikely.
2006-11-26 08:32:59 · answer #10 · answered by Athene1710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's so badly written it could seriously deform the reader's ability to distinguish beauty and skill from cheesy effects and hackneyed phrases in literature.
2006-11-25 14:12:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋