Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Great plot Review: Well written, real page turner, great plot, I learned a lot about church history . Enjoyable. However, the intricacies of all the puzzles were a bit much and sort of implausable. The characters educating each other during pretty stressful times just didn't ring true. Also, the story depends a lot on happennings that could have just as easily not happenned and sent the story off track.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Read Angels and Demons first! Review: This guy knows his stuff, this is my second book about Robert Langdon, Angels and Demons was first. I loved it! Dan Brown is the writer of the moment! I could not put down the first or the second! Read it!
Rating: ![3 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-3-0.gif) Summary: Nice relaxing read Review: The book's a thriller but not that captivating of one. Description is not too vivid, characters not too deep, storyline mediocre at best. What the book lacks in skilled writing it makes up (a little) with interesting concepts and conspiracy theories backed with documented facts. First half good, second half something that would end up on the "to do" list... it's gets to be a chore. I would say the book is good but needs serious storyline work.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: A Wonderful Read! Review: Dan Brown has done a wonderful job with this book. Not only is it a great mystery, it is a historical trip. The knowledge that you gain by reading this book is invaluable. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery and is open to a new side of the past that will definitely leave you wanting more!
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Indiana Jones Meets Sherlock Holmes!! Review: I found The Da Vinci Code to be a thoroughly engrossing book. It does an excellent job of weaving fact with fiction to produce a compelling story. It is a mystery/thriller with plenty of science and even some mathematics behind it that help to weave an intriguing story. The principal characters are well developed and there are some interesting "quirky" characters to help round out the plot. Writing a story whose protagonists are an archaeologist and cryptographer does at first hand sound like a winning combination but Brown is able to pull it off. The story is well paced and takes place in some very interesting locales, to say nothing about a plot that spans centuries. If you're a conspiracy buff you'll also find plenty to enjoy. I'd highly recommend this book, read it before the movie comes out!!
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Awesome! Review: If you want a page turner, here ya go! I'm not a big reader but this had me riveted from start to finish. Very interesting and thought provoking!
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: A good read, very quick Review: Overall a good read, it goes by very quickly and can turn into a page turner. Unlike some other "page turners" this one does require the reader to pay close attention to figure out the case. Some of the aspects of the book were a bit of a let down as they were rather predictable, but probably seemed more so because of the unexpected twists and turns the Brown offers. A good book if you are on the road and want something to read at the airport.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Incredible! Review: There is no way to keep this book from pulling you in. There is so much suspense and intrigue that it is impossible to put the book down. Not only is it entertaining, but it forces you to look at the ideas of truth and history in a completly different light. Do not read this book if you are not comfortable with new and radical points of view. For everyone else, I promise you will love it.
Rating: ![2 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-2-0.gif) Summary: Up all night for this? Review: A few friends told me that they couldn't put this book down. I couldn't put it down either, but when I finally did finish it, I was pretty disappointed. I found some of the clues to be transparent , almost insulting. I am so DONE with the 0h-look-we've-fallen-in-love-while-chasing-crime/rescuing-the-world thing. Please.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: If you only read one book this year, read this one Review: This book blew me away! Once I got past the first couple chapters I could not put it down. It reads very much like a movie... Dan Brown's writing style makes it easy to picture the characters and their actions on your mind's "theater screen."I highly recommend having a pen and paper handy while you read because you will have a hard time deciding whether to jump on the Net and research the historical facts Mr. Brown has woven into his story, or continue with the book and let the answer unfold through the characters. The facts are amazing and interesting all by themselves and bear further research either way. There are very few "good stopping places," so make sure you have plenty of time to read once you start. It's one of those books where you get to the end of a chapter and say "I'll just read one more chapter" and suddenly it's 4am. If you like solving puzzles, secret societies, adventure and/or religious history this book is for you. It's easy to picture yourself as either of the lead characters because they're just regular people doing their jobs until one day a murder throws them together to uncover one of the greatest mysteries of all time - the Holy Grail. In the book they say the Grail finds you... if this book has found you, honor the call. Even though this is a fiction novel, I hope it opens many eyes and sets many people on their own quest for the truth.
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