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Summary: I'm sorry but has the world gone mad?!
Review: Why oh why is this book so popular? It's writing is okay, not stellar and not awful, but it's based entirely on a theory that has been around since the 1970s, based on the works of a French conman from the 1950s, which has been derided and laughed at and proved utterly false ever since, but now that it's wrapped in the clothes of a thriller it's being hailed a 'new' and 'exciting' concept? Are these people insane?
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Summary: Junk History plus Biased Analysis Equals Questionable Agenda
Review: Brown perpetrates a poorly disguised anti-Christian and Anti-Roman Catholic attempt at a suspense thriller. The unbelieveable plot twists and vain attempts at maintaining some minimal level of credibility strain Mr. Brown's slight talents to the breaking point. Venal characters, unsympathetic and sometimes ludicrous, leave us totally uncaring of their fates about half way through the novel.Brown executes his craft at a breathtakingly amateurish level and insults our collective intelligences throughout the book. Such a novel preys on the ignorant and easily persuaded to promote a blatantly anti-religious message. That the book is boring is just one insult added to the rest.
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Summary: Ausm
Review: Really Good, Starts a great hook, and keeps the suspence up untill after the book is closed, well worth the 7 houres i took to read
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Summary: Fascinating
Review: This review I wrote partly to trump those who felt the book was poor because it took on too much of an adventure movie feel. This book is fascinating and for those that don't know the alternate story of the holy grail (not the one of the chalice made famous in Indiana Jones) and for those who grew up learning from the Bible. Da Vinci Code does take on a Indiana Jones feel, but this only adds to the essence of the book. If you want straight facts about the Holy Grail, the Priory of Sion, the Knights Templar etc. then don't feel the need to read this book - I haven't read them on this particular subject but I am sure there are good reference materials at your local library. If you want to learn more about the subjects listed above and you want a thriller, than pick up the book. P.S. I thought this book was far more fascinating than Indiana Jones and Indiana Jones is one of my favorite movies. I have also been to Paris and think this book is a great read to learn more about the Louvre and surrounding museums and churches.
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Summary: Can't get past the first 50 pages
Review: This is one book I am having a hard tme reading. Think I will try to continue reading and maybe will stick with it.
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Summary: Blek
Review: The Da Vinci Code proves a very good point: What's popular is not necessarily what is great, good, or even average. You can temper your expectations about this book by telling yourself, "This is a page-turner I can read in one sitting, with about the same level of enjoyment you get out of a twenty-five cent gumball". Its chief strength is that it has flow, and that the author has done a modicum of historical research, and made a semi-decent stab at weaving together artistic and religious history, spicing it here and there with a few real-life organizations to make it interesting. Beyond that, however, the book has little to offer anything but the most casual reader. The characters are all drawn with the depth of a sidewalk puddle, and the plot is as implausible as it is predictable. If you know anything at all about "conspiracy theory history", the book will seem trite, and if you don't, you should read a book with more bite, like Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. Sadly, even the riddles, anagrams, and puzzles in the book are uninteresting, unchallenging, or unoriginal. I suppose if you've never done any sort of puzzle, they might be refreshing and shockingly new. If you haven't, well, maybe you're in for a treat. So, in summary, I wouldn't buy this book if you were an intellectual unless you were trapped in some airport lobby somewhere. I wouldn't buy this book if you were a very dull person until you had run out of Tom Clancy. If someone describes the book as "shocking", "insightful", or "provocative", they're probably related to the publisher.
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Summary: MUST READ
Review: This is a great book for art history and mystery buffs. Because it discusses a lot about ancient symbology, which is really interesting. The author has written the story in such a way that it wasn't easy for me to figure the ending....has a twist and makes u think as u read.
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Summary: What a dismal failure.
Review: Dan Brown, the author, has stolen most of his material from others and has tried to pawn it off as unique. Oh jeez, the writing is sub-par and the content is shallow. If you buy this book, I assure you that you will be disappointed with what you get. The book received a great deal of hype -- but, so did O.J. Simpson's trial. Try another title, like The Tale of the Devil: The Biography of Devil Anse Hatfield, or West Virginia Tough Boys. Shoot, try "I'm A Soldier, Too!" Anything would be better that this hard-bound dissapointment. Ugh.
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Summary: Amazing Book in Years!!
Review: This is the kind of book you can never put down. It has suspense all the way. It will make you turn to the next page without stopping.
It also teach you many things you never imagine off.
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Summary: A Man! A Plan! A Sequel!
Review: Murder Mystery or Heretical Revelation?
This book is a great page turner because it can be understood on at least three levels: 1. Murder Mystery
In the great tradition of Agatha Christie (suspense and erudition) and written in the style of Tom Clancy (i.e., jumping from one uncompleted scene to another as they rush toward each other), The Da Vinci Code makes great reading. Interesting, sympathetic characters are caught in a convoluted web that they fight to unravel, with the reader's full involvement. 2. Scholasticism
The iconography, particularly of Da Vinci of course, but to one extent or another all of Christendom, Judaism and their Pagan antecedents is touched on in an intriguing and interestingly informative way. Plus, who knew that "sub rosa" came from a kind of Roman mistletoe for secret meetings; or that "gargoyle" is derived from the word to "gargle"? A lot of study went into this work, and it is presented in a very readable way. 3. Historical Fact
Here, each must come to their own conclusions. The basic story is that in the year 32 AD, a pregnant woman (Mary Magdalene) walked from Roman Palestine to modern-day France, where she was sheltered by a colony of Jews who accepted her child as the descendant of the Messiah. Oh! And maybe Walt Disney was in on the secret later on, along with less amazing personages as the Knights Templar. And, of course, Leonardo Da Vinci. The mind reels. Everybody loves a cabal. Cabals are fun. The Holy Grail is fun. Hermann Hesse is fun. Umberto Eco is fun. The Da Vinci Code is fun (and erudite), but let's just leave it at that ... except that, after all our page turning, we don't actually find the Grail! So there must be a sequel, no? It will probably be worth reading, too. Have fun.
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