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Summary: A Outstanding Read!!!
Review: Dan Brown walks you through the first few page's, then you hit the ground running! A wounderful read. There is also a compagnion online to this book at (www.lulu.com) that will bring the text to life with some pictures and research information. I found it after getting about a third way through the book (its worth the .99 cents)This is a hard book to put down, Brown will keep your interest with every turn of the page
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Summary: Populist Drivel
Review: This is pure drivel, made for the masses, much like a second rate Hollywood blockbuster film with tons of special effects but no substance. My intelligence was completely insulted by the hyperbolic plot disguised as genuine historical fiction. If you really want to learn about history while also reading a great work of literature, check out "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves. The Da Vinci Code is only one step above a corny James Patterson novel.
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Summary: You'll feel smarter having read it
Review: This may not be the best thriller ever written, but I felt smarter just having read it. There were enough interesting facts and thought-provoking ideas to cover up the predictibale story-line and the cartoonish characters.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: This is my time reading a novel by Dan Brown and I couldn't help but be amazed by the work. It brings into question the essential question of "what do you believe in?" which not many books accomplished to the degree Dan Brown has. Intrigue, Conspiracy, and Adventure are the core of this book, and if you like any of these themes get this book. It reads easily and at times the suspense just kills you, you don't want to put it down... Hope this helps
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Summary: Okay, but I expected more.
Review: I'm not normally a novel reader. I got into this as I was discussing the foibles of Opus Dei with a friend who I guess I'd describe as a feminist activist. The author started with the fact that the Priory of Sion really does exist, and a little about Opus Dei (exactly that of which my friend and I were talking). From there it became a kind of quasi-feminist fantasy. As a mystery it's okay, I guess. The author led the reader on with questions that wouldn't be answered for a chapter or two. That was typical of a good mystery, I guess. But the "sacred feminine" that was being covered up by everyone, that the church had been an evil bunch of conspirators from the beginning and kept the "sacred feminine" under wraps, no. That's just stretching the feminist agenda to the point of bad fiction. In fact that may be a leading reason I don't read novels much. Apparently people have been approching my friend with questions on the Davinci code as if such a code is real. If those same people use the sacred feminine and other fictitious concepts in the book in the same way, it at least makes me uncomfortable. For those wondering, I'm a stauch feminist supporter. But when they rely on fictional concepts and just concocted nonsense, they do themselves more harm than good. So, if you spend your time reading mystery novels, you might want to get into this. If you're looking to be educated, this isn't the route to take.
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Summary: Doesn't live up to its namesake
Review: I picked this book up with no knowledge about it; I just saw everyone reading it. I found it horrible; I had to make myself finish it. Basically, the leaps of logic made in the book are far out and unrealistic. I found the book to also be very anti-Catholic, and, being a Catholic, I found much of the text to be offensive and inaccurate. Anyone with a basic knowledge of Christian and Catholic history can punch holes through the plot so large that it becomes worthless to continue reading. This is not an accurate book or a historical expose as many believe it to be; it is at best a poor fictional story. My only regret is that many people pick up the book and read it, believing, as the author represents it to be, as a storyline imposed on a factual basis.
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Summary: Worth Reading for Two Reasons
Review: You can read lots of reviews on the details of the book, so to just net it out simply -- there are two levels of reasons to read this book: 1. It's a great story. It reads as well as any good Tom Clancy type book. 2. Fascinating learning about Church and religion. As I read more on the background research, some are questioning some of the details of Brown's research. But nonetheless, the overall topic of the history of the Church and competing viewpoints is revealed in a fascinating way, without the heavy reading of a history book. I felt like I was learning something while reading fun fiction. Enjoy!
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Summary: Fantasy Premise
Review: Very simply, the author starts with a false premise and continues to prove that false premise, with flawed reasoning. In physics or math we would call this a mathematical construct...like building a house with the first brick placed squarely in mid-air! The book is historically innaccurate, theologically innaccurate and inductively and deductively incorrect. Entertainment only for those susceptible to pap or who choose not to do their homework on the historical facts.
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Summary: Fast Read, Disappointing Ending (Plot doesn't hold!)
Review: OK - I too heard a lot of good things about this book, and it does well at two things. (1) The story hooks you quickly within the first couple of pages, and (2) The mesh of religious & artistic symbolism and "what it all means" is intriguing, even if somewhat off historically (so I've heard). My biggest problem with this book is that the ending negates the whole plot. Let's just say that that whole thriller part of the plot revolves around the frantic effort to maintain information (or a secret) before it's "lost to the world". But when you get to the story's end, you find out that there were others all along who were guarding the secret/aware of the situation, so really, our protaganist's efforts throughout the whole book were not required, not necessary, and didn't really change anything. So what's the point?
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Summary: A Fast-paced, Engrossing Wild Goose Chase
Review: I've been eyeing this book for months, what with all the buzz surrounding it. I finally broke down and bought it after I saw the PrimeTime special on the underlying premise of the book. I was not disappointed one bit. The book sucked me in after the first few pages and propelled me through to the end. My mind is still swimming with all the facts and historical tidbits that urge the story forward. I found Robert Langdon to be a pragmatic hero, and his female counterpart Sophie Neveu quite likable, too. Although Sopie's grandfather and Louvre curator Jacques Sauniere was murdered, he is one of the most lively characters in the book thanks to frequent references, his ingenius coding, and Sophie's flashbacks. Sir Leigh Teabing was hilarious enough, until the truth about him is revealed in the end. Law enforcement officers and members of the church provide a strong cast of secondary characters. Though some readers may find the symbolism of the Grail actually being Mary Magdalene a bit over the top, I found it a challenging theory for Christianity to consider. In addition to being a swell read, the book itself was very informative on a plethora of symbology. This book might be the best-researched work of fiction I've ever read. Brown incorporates history and symbology into the plot flawlessly. I look forwad to the next Robert Langdon book, as I've heard one is in the works. He's sort of like a nerdier Indiana Jones, whose adventures carry him through museums, libraries and cathedrals rather than Indie's slightlly more exotic locales.
If you want a clever mystery that moves at light speed, this book is for you.
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