tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post114462215226432571..comments2023-07-03T21:44:22.373+10:00Comments on Hoyden-About-Town: Am I being too much of a snob?tigtoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144755316071379362006-04-11T21:35:00.000+10:002006-04-11T21:35:00.000+10:00[sucks teeth][sucks teeth]tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144753066655885972006-04-11T20:57:00.000+10:002006-04-11T20:57:00.000+10:00Brace yourself. I am going to say something really...Brace yourself. I am going to say something really, really cruel.<BR/><BR/>The style is worth than Rowlings. <BR/><BR/>- baristaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144679125607531922006-04-11T00:25:00.000+10:002006-04-11T00:25:00.000+10:00bluebolt - not seen since Barbara Cartland?That's ...bluebolt - not seen since Barbara Cartland?<BR/><BR/>That's <I>harsh</I>.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't mean you're wrong.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144673606797899032006-04-10T22:53:00.000+10:002006-04-10T22:53:00.000+10:00I enjoyed it as a light fluffy - didn't have to th...I enjoyed it as a light fluffy - didn't have to think at all - book. It tied together a lot of information I had read in *serious* books.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't list it as a favourite tho. DB has a specifically defined formula not seen since barbara cartland and worse I could not say.<BR/><BR/>I don't think ur a snob - just a person of refined tastes and discretion :-)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537206000218742156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144662454644391232006-04-10T19:47:00.000+10:002006-04-10T19:47:00.000+10:00First, to any lurkers reading this who liked the r...First, to any lurkers reading this who liked the revelations in the Da Vinci code but felt somehow vaguely dissatisfied and that the book was over-rated, great! You have good judgement, and will enjoy better written meatier fare. <BR/><BR/>I come from a longstanding skeptical religious position, and have had no truck with standard dogma/creed for quite some time, read a lot about the Gnostics andtigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144655763425491602006-04-10T17:56:00.000+10:002006-04-10T17:56:00.000+10:00You've beaten me to it - I was planning on writing...You've beaten me to it - I was planning on writing a post about this, but I'm not sure what more I have to say.<BR/><BR/>Except that it's a judgement that, like me, you might have made because you read science/speculative fiction, and we're used to strange new ideas.<BR/><BR/>People who list the Da Vinci Code as their favourite book because of its "originality" or "unusual" plot just need to readAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com