The Rule of Four (2005) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 4 stars

“An interesting read, and a fast one. It's like a Dan Brown novel that isn't poorly written. The present-tense writing was distracting for me, but some of the digressions were quite good, and not distracting.”

• Rated 3 stars

“This book wasn't quite there.”

• Rated 2 stars

“I can't believe people called this better than The DaVinci Code! If you want to know what it's like to be a student at Princeton, this is your book. But if you want an adventure solving riddles and exploring ancient history, there are better offerings out there. This was too...it was equivalent to armchair anthropology. There wasn't really much adventure here. Learning about the arts and the history of the arts is always interesting, but the characters didn't really get out and do much. I was very disappointed in this book. It's not terrible, but it's just too dull for me.”

• Rated 3 stars

“fun to read, yet not as well written as some books of the same genre”

• Rated 2 stars

“I read this book at the height of the Da Vinci Code mania, which has got to be the only reason anyone read this. The authors (yes it took two of them) were far more interested in convincing us of how great their times at Princeton were than developing a plausible story”

• Rated 5 stars

“This book reads like Da Vinci Code - only better. The charm lies in the obscurity of the text/book in question and the exclusivity of the setting of the plot.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Thoroughly enjoyable.”

• Rated 0 stars

“kind of slow, began it about 3 years ago, I keep going back to it.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Interesting. Kind of like Dan Brown's conspiracy books.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Great book!”