I like how entertainingly he writes but most of the mysteries and the characters are really shallow. Is there a writer who writes entertaining, fast-paced mystery/thriller but with actual depth?
Look up James Rollins's Sigma Force series. It's still a slop, but it has more depth and much more testosterone than Brown's self insert.
>>25226467Umberto Eco. In particular Foucault's Pendulum.
>>25226623Eco was just clowning, Dan Brown is not>>25226467Crichton, obviously.Bolano has all the components but the scope ain't as big as Dan Browns and the mystery is way more subtle. Start with his short stories.If you are only depressed, read Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler," it's entertaining, fast paced, and has depth, but the main thread is not a thriller. Better yet, listen to the audiobook as you take a walk.>>25226613Thanks, they sound nice.
>>25226706>Eco was just clowning, Dan Brown is notWhat is happening? Is someone poisoning the water supply with chemical stupidity these days?
>>25226713>feeding your garloids with tapwatergo seethe in silence, commie
>>25226467>fast-paced>with actual depthimpossible combination
>>25226706>Crichton, obviously.>Bolano has all the components but the scope ain't as big as Dan Browns and the mystery is way more subtle. Start with his short stories.>If you are only depressed, read Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler," Please find the nearest meat grinder and watch it stop instead of daring to touch your subhuman body
>>25226613Just looked it up. Seems like just what I am looking for. Thanks.
>>25226706Thanks for the recommendations!
>>25226863that's why Dan Brown is so appreciated, although I only enjoyed three of his books (the NASA one, from before he became passionate about mystical stuff, is actually fun)
>>25226467the Agent Ray Pendergast series. starting with "Relic" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln ChildFrederick Forsyth, although most of his novels are slow burns. the fast-paced ones are The Devil's Alternative and The Fourth ProtocolClive Cussler has his fans, although I haven't read himDesmond Bagley - Flyaway and Windfall were interesting
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>>25227059Thank you for the recommendations.
>>25226967You're welcome. Rollins is kind of my guilty pleasure. Compared to Dan Brown, Rollins's books have larger scale, better written characters and dialogues, more scientific plots and some actual action sequences. I think James Rollins is Dan Brown for men.
>>25226467Andrew Klavan "The Uncanny" and other works.
>>25227297men don't read fiction anon, they make it
>>25227304Thanks
