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Title: The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason ISBN: 0-385-33711-6 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.74 (388 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A wholly uninteresting debut
Comment: If the authors Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thompson ever met Dan Brown author of THE DAVINCI CODE, they should get down on their knees and thank him for making their book a hot property. Otherwise, there is little this droll, dull and pedantic debut has to offer.
At Princeton University, in 1999, two students are trying to solve a mystery of an ancient Renaissance text called the Hypnerotomacia Poliphilli. One of the students, Tom Sullivan, had a father who was obsessed with the book and his friend Paul Harris is writing his thesis based on it. However to solve the mystery of the book requires an all encompassing diligence that threatens Tom's relationship with his girlfriend. More importantly, however, when an academician associated with the book is murdered, he realizes it might also cost him his life.
There must be a real need among publishing houses to publish novels about ancient books that answers important questions with characters that have a life and death need to know these answers. Make no mistake about it- this is no Davinci Code- not even remotely close. The plot is sanguine, the research sloppy, the characters flat and the pacing repetitious. In fact, this is a wholly uninteresting debut and one that demanded to be read just based on publicity. Avoid.
Rating: 1
Summary: No Way Near The DaVinci Code!
Comment: I purchased this book because it was tauted as The DaVinci Code for 2004. NOT! Where the DaVinci Code engaged the reader in the problem solving and code breaking, in The Rule of Four, the reader is spoon-fed the answers. I was very satisfied with the DaVinci Code, esp. when I would get the answers to the cyphers correct. I am so disappointed in The Rule of Four, that maybe I will just set it on fire too, though I doubt anyone would martyr themselves rescuing it...
Rating: 4
Summary: Not the Da Vinci Code! But still good
Comment: Do not expect to read a nail biting thriller. The comparisons to the Da Vinci Code are very few. They both deal with a historical mystery, end of comparison. This is a good book though. It is worth a look if you have an open mind.
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Title: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027360 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Deception Point by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027387 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ISBN: 1592400876 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316155306 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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