The rule of four is a gripping thriller that takes readers in an intellectual ride to renaissance florence. Unlike the da vinci code we find out a lot more about the characters in the book and what makes them tick. The ending does tie up the story nic...  Read More

Caldwell and thomason are a rare successful writing team. Caldwell and mr. Thom mason are to be commended on this novel. The novel is written by david caldwell.

One of the students choses to do his thesis on umberto eco. The academician finds the key to decipher it, and there begins the suspense.

Regrettably, not recommended. The book moves at a snail's pace. Not saying bad just not my type of preferred reading.

The characters are flat and nothing makes the reader care about them. Charlie and gil are a distraction and there stories don't go anywhere. It is so full of pseudo intellectual, dense and overwrought prose. It strives to be literary enough to be reme...  Read More

The characters, even before the father's death, are oddly maudlin and prone to moodiness. Katie and her photographs add nothing to the book. If you like reading about the pretentious dining habits of pre-adults at princeton this is the book for you.

The mystery is unresolved and it is hard to follow each twist and turn. The puzzles are just very arcane and convert text we never see into pretty trivial blabber. There's simply no logical reason for the boys to expend all that time and energy evadin...  Read More

It baffles me how this book even got anywhere near the top of the nyt bestseller list. This book is nothing like the da vinci code; that was clever, this is merely boring. The plot of rule of four lurches from boring to preposterous, which i suppose i...  Read More