Dismantle My Bed

The Da Vinci Code has some merits, though whether those merits are owed mostly to Dan Brown or to the men who accused him of stealing the ideas they put forth in their non-fiction book is debatable. Where the book has merit is in the storyline itself. As far as plot goes, it is, for the most part, intriguing. What The Da Vinci Code lacks, in my own personal opinion though, greatly overshadows what it has to offer. The writing is commonplace. The dialogue is cheesy. The characters are either devoid of human traits (Robert and Sophie are nearly perfect in every way) or are too over-the-top (everyone else in the novel). I found myself doing a fair amount of skimming while trying to get through this book, and I am not a skimmer.