Well, I've finished reading [1] Digital Fortress [2] and I have to say, much like The Da Vinci Code [3], the writing was amateurish, with very short sentances in very short chapters, probably written with our current attention deficit population in mind. It also read like a movie, with each chapter being a scene. And it certainly doesn't hurt that it has several chase scenes and a major explosion towards the end.
But dispite the poor writing, poor characterizations, poor research and a plot that closely follows The Da Vinci Code [4] (reknown male is killed in the opening scene, a handsom and yet very intelligent professor gets a call to help investigate some conspriacy involving said dead man who has a gorgeous bombshell with a Ph.D. helping him over the next 24 hours) I still found it to be a real page turner.
I think because I was curious as to just how bad it could be.
It was pretty bad [5] (and don't read if you don't want spoilers).
[2] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312995423/conmanlaborat-20
[3] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400079179/conmanlaborat-20
[4] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400079179/conmanlaborat-20