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Summary: The Da Vinci Code
Review: Very well written book. Interesting perspective on religion. Very enlightening about the arts/masters.
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Summary: A MUST READ!!
Review: This book hooks you from the first page! This is a fast paced and action packed novel! The author successfully weaves fiction and non-fiction together to the point that the reader is unable to decipher fact from fiction! I found the premise behind the book so interesting that I have begun researching these claims further! Highly recommend this book!
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Summary: The Best Book I've Ever Read!
Review: The Da Vinci Code is absolutely magnificent. I can't find any words to describe it. This is a MUST READ book.
I wish you have the priviledge of reading this fabulous book.
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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: I had a friend tell me that this was the best novel he had ever read. I found that a bit of an exaggeration, but it's certainly a very good, hard-to-put-down, read. It's a remarkably well-written combination of puzzles, mystery, history, and chase that will keep you up late at night.
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Summary: addicting.
Review: I borrowed this book from a friend and, not having anything else to do that Saturday afternoon (I live in DC; it was raining for a change), lay down and started reading this book. After I finished it, I went downstairs and had a late dinner. Very late, obviously-- this is hardly a short book; however, neither is it boring or slow or uninteresting. The obvious flaws were sub-plot points that will surprise few and disappoint even fewer, and the blatantly obvious high point was the storyline itself. Religion, math, murder, intrigue, history-- somehow Brown ties it all together. This is a great beach or rainy weekend book. Enjoy.
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Summary: Well Researched
Review: Although this book is very fast-paced and clever in its first half, the cleverness factor diminishes toward the end. Many were shocked by the ending, but I found it somewhat cliched and predictable. The historical content was impressive.
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Summary: Pass it along
Review: this is a surpisingly easy book to read in spite of it's heady material. It is very easy to get onboard w/ Brown's premise particularly if you do a little digging of your own and it is about time bibilical, art and religous history are given more than "mueseum" treatment. Pass it along to others, it is a boolk that begs to be discussed.
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Summary: Dan Brown is simply a genius!
Review: As a literature teacher married to a theologian, I've often been accused by friends of "seeing things that were not there." (symbology). Now, as a result of reading The DaVinci Code, not only can I gloat that I am aware of more symbols than the average person, I also know there's a name for those who study symbols, (symbologist). One of the nicest things a sixth-grade student wrote about me was, "Mrs. *** LOVES words, and she knows how to use them." As a word lover and lover of symbology, I was enthralled with the story. His subtle sense of humor and discreet allusion is not to be missed either. Often I'd find myself laughing out loud. Bravo!
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Summary: Great, interesting read.
Review: This book wont go down as great literature, but it could potentially change the thoughts of a lot of people. It did me. The story is fairly tight and only slows down in a couple of spots. Mr. Brown provides a fair amount of history, but its well worth it. I look forward to reading some of this other books.
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Summary: muddies truth and fiction
Review: Hearing the hype and the subject matter, I picked up a copy of Brown's book. Found positives and negatives. Positives? the book certainly kept you riveted, main characters had little time to catch their breath. Attention to detail was another plus. Brown did tie all pieces together well. Negatives? I found the characters very one dimensional. With so much action, there was little in the way of character development. But the primary reason I would not recommend this book is its cross-pollinating of truth and fiction. As a religious scholar much of the dialog between Brown's ficitonal "scholars" left me wanting to join the debate. Much of the information was just plain wrong, dare I call it lies? And from many of the reviews I've read on this site, most have taken the bait - hook, line and sinker. Being a cynic, I wonder if Mr. Brown didn't deliberately muddy the waters between fact and fiction. His opening note that the places, documents, etc are true only made the distinction between fact and fiction even blurrier. While the attention to details builds this book's positives, its lack of truth in those details makes this one book I cannot recommend.
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