natalieshort:

twobitandrew:

bg5000:

One of my favorites:

10. The Da Vinci Code, chapter 4: Five months ago, the kaleidoscope of power had been shaken, and Aringarosa was still reeling from the blow.

My favourite one:

4, 3, and 2. The Da Vinci Code, opening sentence: Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery.

Angels and Demons, opening sentence: Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own.

Deception Point, opening sentences: Death, in this forsaken place, could come in countless forms. Geologist Charles Brophy had endured the savage splendor of this terrain for years, and yet nothing could prepare him for a fate as barbarous and unnatural as the one about to befall him.

Professor Pullum: “Renowned author Dan Brown staggered through his formulaic opening sentence”.

I love this. For what it’s worth, I finally read the Da Vinci Code after years of resisting/mocking it, and loved it in a “OMG trashy but so many plot twists!” kind of way. Then I picked up Angels & Demons and put it down after I realized it was the same exact book.

Yeah, but what about Dan Brown’s best sentences? This is my fav sentence (after skimming a couple chapters) in The Lost Symbol:

 “The projectile that launched down the aisle and wrapped itself around Bellamy’s legs was nicknamed Silly String, but there was nothing silly about it.”

Emphasis mine.

I, too, read the Da Vinci Code, though I think I skipped a bunch of passages out of boredom and eagerness to just find out the ending, for some reason not getting caught up in Brown’s engaging pros. My dad brought it with us on a trip to Europe and we shared it, which was kind of hilarious. One night in Bruges I refused to leave the hotel room because I wanted to finish the damn book. My dad was pretty pissed. Then he was annoyed again when he read the end of the book.