The Atlantis Code [Kindle Edition]

It compares with Dan Brown in that it's pretty much an imitation.

It starts as a classic quest-with-menaces, to find the five lost instruments of Atlantis. Then it degenerates into a BCS* shoot-em-up with glowering sexual overtones, and culminates in a flood-in-a-cave rescue-the-artifacts fest.

There *is* no real denouement - you need some serious imagination and insight to be able to produce an ending that's worth all the fuss. Eco does it by turning it into a shaggy-dog there-is-no-secret-after-all exercise in bathos. Dan Brown does it by digging out some Masonic speculations which are overdue for hitting the mainstream. Brokaw does it by making his protagonists Not Read The Book.

A plus point: he makes a damn good effort at English idiom, for an American, and even uses English versions of expletives, which delighted me - so few bother to learn the language.

A minus point: his sexual politics are tedious and stilted and so tiresomely puritanically distracting. Makes you want to shout: "Grow up!" to the protagonists.

But never mind. It moves swiftly enough, and the scenery's attractive. I wasn't expecting something deep, and it kept me from getting bored on the bus.

*BCS: Baddies Can't Shoot.

Other Readers seem to have slated this book heavily, however after reading it i really have no idea why. ok, the book may not be some amazing piece of literature which is going to go down in history, but it was definately worth the read.

i like reading books like The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, The Gaudi Key, i like the chase and the puzzle that the character is trying to solve. This book has been described below as an imitation of some of Dan Brown's work, they called this a bad thing, however its exactly what made me buy it, i like Dan Browns books but i wanted more books to read like his, life would be pretty boring if i only had Dan Browns books to read, and thats what i felt this was, another book in the Dan Brown/puzzle/treasure hunt kind of genre. i found it thrilling, exciting and i struggled to put it down. let me stress i never felt like i was rereading a dan brown novel it just ahd a similar style.

other reviewers have also stated that you could tell exactly what was going to happen, ifind alot of books, movies, tv programs all follow a similar path of here is a character - here is a problem the character faces - here is the solution - the end. this makes elements of most plots predictable, its very rare the main character dies, it rare that some sort of solution is found, but i find its how you get to the solution that is exciting and i felt that this book did this very well. what i like about this book and others in this genre is they the characters hit many problems you never know if there going to hit a dead with one clue and have to go another way etc

other reviewers in my opinion were to harsh on this book, i really enjoyed its fast paced, exciting, thrilling hunt for atlantis.

(sorry i didnt go into much detail in the plot but i felt that would spoil the read for someone else)

Hi
I am a fan of this type of book, lost Ark, Jesus tomb, Spear lost.
But after a good start it got lost in trying to be a James Bond rush around exotic locations, Russia, East Africa, Rome the ending in Spain, far to many gunfights to be taken as real without police involvment along the way.
Far to many villans and hitmen, plus of course the Catholic Church and secret orders operating in the Vatican, the end seemed rushed but of course we knew what was going to happen.
Sorry but this was a poor book, many others are offering a more solid story if not belivable...