Does this remind you of The Da Vinci Code?
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Re: Does this remind you of The Da Vinci Code?
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Honestly, I've never read The Da Vinci Code. The only thing that would be similar for me would be the title. I would like to read The Da Vinci Code so that I could draw more in-depth parallels.NL Hartje wrote: ↑01 Jun 2018, 02:21 I suppose I’ve always compared books, but that’s more of a flaw in my nature than any real error of the authors.
The Girl Who Knew da Vinci reminds me of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code in so many ways.
First, there’s obviously the presiding canvas of art history, but then add that, in both books, the characters search for an item that has a questionable existence at best. There is also the aspect of fantastically changing settings as characters race against a clock.
Do you find similarities too, or am I fishing?
Do the similarities add or detract from the book for you?
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Having read both of these books by Dan Brown and Belle Ami, it somehow gave me 2 distinguished views of art history: views from mystery genre, and view from romance genre. Same theme but different approach.
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I suppose it's hard not to compare novels to each other nowadays. There's very few original ideas left.
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You hit the nail on the head. The romance and paranormal elements are what make Belle Ami's book different. Different strokes for different folks. Some readers may prefer a lighter read like this one vs. Dan Brown's book which was a more complex mystery. At times Belle Ami's book seemed like of a mystery than a paranormal fantasy.