Dan Brown Makes Fools Of You All (Not Hard)

"The success of this message — which also shows up in the work of Brown’s many thriller-writing imitators — can’t be separated from its dishonesty."

-- Ross Douthat, getting at the core issue of the New Age beliefs Dan Brown sells in his books and movies ("his real competitors are,...spiritual gurus like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra. He’s writing thrillers, but he’s selling a theology,...with,...libels fabricated by 20th-century Wiccans") - a NewAge belief few probably admit or even recognize - including those at The New York Times.