I thoroughly enjoyed The DaVinci Code - so fucking shoot me. (Not a must-have, though.)

Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed reading it, but I knew the whole time that I wasn't reading a particularly good book, merely one which played a lot of plot and pacing tricks to keep me interested.

I have some tolerance for mediocre writing. My wife has much less and she didn't like it. From what I've read of firecat over the years, I expect her to be closer to my wife on that continuum, though I could be wrong.

Anybody who generally likes thriller of the week bestsellers will probably like the DaVinci Code -- there's a reason it sold millions of copies.