Sorry, it was unintentional. I was attempting to reply during lunch at work and forgot to log in my user name, so tried to stop it from going through as anynonmous and it got deleted.
Here it is: Interesting, I felt that Brown's was more superficial and materialistic. Although I'd agree both are to an extent. My favorite of the Grisham's was Time to Kill and the one about the insurance company - both of which I identified with, since I was in law school at the time and had worked with public defenders, prisoners, and legal aid. It felt real to me.
Brown's Da Vinici Code was thrust on me at Xmas, I was hacking, sniffling, and could barely breath. Mom thrust it at me and told me to read it. I did and was disappointed. I'd studied archeology and anthropology in school as well as religion and mythology, I found Brown's take on it sort of silly and romantic - it reminded me a great deal of a book I'd recently written - which was partly why my mother thrust it on me. ;-) It was fun, I finished it in about a week, but also incredibly silly in places.
I think so much of how we perceive books or artwork or tv is based on our experiences, past and present.
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Date: 2008-08-11 10:27 pm (UTC)Here it is: Interesting, I felt that Brown's was more superficial and materialistic.
Although I'd agree both are to an extent. My favorite of the Grisham's
was Time to Kill and the one about the insurance company - both of which
I identified with, since I was in law school at the time and had worked
with public defenders, prisoners, and legal aid. It felt real to me.
Brown's Da Vinici Code was thrust on me at Xmas, I was hacking,
sniffling, and could barely breath. Mom thrust it at me and told me to
read it. I did and was disappointed. I'd studied archeology and
anthropology in school as well as religion and mythology, I found Brown's
take on it sort of silly and romantic - it reminded me a great deal of a
book I'd recently written - which was partly why my mother thrust it on
me. ;-) It was fun, I finished it in about a week, but also incredibly
silly in places.
I think so much of how we perceive books or artwork or tv is based on our
experiences, past and present.