I just sort of squinted my way past the awful writing to look at the larger plot, which is a nice treasure hunt/religious fuckery piece, IMO. It does read like really bad fanfic, I agree, but worth the read nonetheless.

I am scared of the movie, though. Ron Howard + Tom Hanks is NEVER good news, but I have to go because of Paul fucking Bettany as Silas. The things I'll do for that man....