The Rule Of Four

I bought this book for a $1.50 and I didn't expect it to be such a good book. I was entertained, and being a fan of history it was a magnificent story amazingly written. I hope they write more books the way they written the first novel.

Absolutely no comparison to the greatly superior Da Vinci Code - a campus based thriller in which the participants run around in underground heating ducts and mess-up big-time. The historical aspect failed to come across as convincing - made Porterhouse Blue look more credible! But there was just enough interest to keep me plodding on to the end.

The Rule of Four is the perfect mix of history, enigma, codes, and college

Overall an excellent book! One of my favorites in recent fiction. Similar to, but better than, The DaVinci Code. Well written, with an interesting plot and good character development.

Thankfully, I didn't have this book reccomended to me with "if you liked "The Davinci Code, you'll like this" because then I'd never have read it. (The Davinci Code makes me want to throw things.) The book is a pretty skillful story about what obsession of any form can do to a person and the people who care about them, and it's set, naturally enough, within a very strongly described Princeton...more

Thankfully, I didn't have this book reccomended to me with "if you liked "The Davinci Code, you'll like this" because then I'd never have read it. (The Davinci Code makes me want to throw things.) The book is a pretty skillful story about what obsession of any form can do to a person and the people who care about them, and it's set, naturally enough, within a very strongly described Princeton University. Reading it alongside Donna Tart's The Secret History might be an interesting exercise in comparing young, brilliant students and the people who mentor/use them. I picked up the book expecting a disposable book that would keep me from being bored during a commute, and instead I found a genuinely good book that will stay on my shelves.   hide

I am still reading it, so I shall have to get back to you

Very good suspense book based on a 1499 book called the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.

OK read - not as suspensefull as I had expected it to be.

This is nothing like the Da Vinci Code, as it has been compared on this site. Boring...jumpy, written in a chop style and the fact that a college kid can crack the meaning before to profs who have spent a lifetime trying is ridiculous. Meh. I hated reading the name of the document over and over and over again.....blah!