It’s a good way to spend a few days if you like to read. No…no one talks like that for real, and it’s a bit condescending, and the fact that a Harvard scholar can’t for the life of him read English text backward is a bit frightening… but eh. It’s pop lit. You shouldn’t treat it like it’s anything more.

Personally, I thought the historical information was really interesting, even if it did mean a few pages on the meaning of the number PHI. And it’s nice to get some background on a bit of this stuff.

If you want to feel like you’re one of the crowd but don’t want to feel intellectually bogged down, watch the movie. the end.