There are few books that I read in which I say to myself "Man that is a well written piece of literature that could not benefit from a bit of editing" I think

There are few books that I read in which I say to myself "Man that is a well written piece of literature that could not benefit from a bit of editing" I think that 1984 was a good book, maybe even great, but I would not say that it did not get a little long in the tooth and repetitive near the end. Don't get me started on the dan brown novels and the male chauvinistic nature therein. I just don't get why he needed to include a clueless female character in every book he has written just to provide someone whom the main character can lecture condescendingly. BTW. this is coming from a guy who is not overly sensitive to female equality issues but was smacked in the face by them after reading the Da Vinci Code.