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Summary: Grand!
Review: Jeremy Pugh's synopsis at the top of the review list bothers me with the mistake of calling the murder victim "father" to the cryptologist - they are grandfather and grandaughter and this was a salient fact in the plot.A grand read with some interesting layers, especially the praise of the feminine divine, discussions of the syncretism of early Christianity to co-opt other religions, and of course, most everyone loves a conspiracy. A little disappointed with the red herring, but the book was enjoyable throughout.
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Summary: Eye-opening
Review: Astounding information relating the Church and today's modern day affairs. The story's pace is fast and gripping. Plot may be a bit too complicated for some people but just right for me. Must read blend of history, action, suspense, and humor.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read!
Review: This book was fascinating from page one. I have read a LOT of books, and this is definitely on my top 10 of all time.
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Summary: if you want a book to keep you up tonight
Review: i almost didn't buy this book because the back cover made the book sound like it was going to be something i could leave on an airplane, but i got hooked when the blurb mentioned that the hero was a symbologist. i like symbols. i like art. i bought the book.
that night, when my work was finished, i pulled it out to read
the first page and i read 125 pages that night. the front of the book is better than the back of the book. the back is good, but the first part is outrageous. at the back of the book the relationships turn kind of gooey and you can sort of intuit who will be going home with who that night. the hero is too handsome and the woman is too beautiful to be believable. he didn't get the people really right. they don't feel authentic. the rest of the book is a lot of fun, though, and the information about secret societies and rituals is not only fascinating but apparently factual. when i finished the book, i bought the other books brown has
written and none of them are as good as this book.
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Summary: Fun, fast read but...
Review: I found it to be a bit self-congratulatory. While the word puzzles and riddles that make up the bulk of the story were clever, the effect was ruined for me when, after each one, Brown states how clever they were and what a genius the character who "created" them was. As a result, I read the book with the feeling that the author was telling me how clever HE is. Also, I've read most of the books Brown seemed to use as references, and he didn't seem to pick the best scholarship on the chosen topic.
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Summary: It's a novel for goodness sake.
Review: If I wanted factual art history I would go buy a reference book. All this rigamarole about not enough research is hogwash. Good grief this is FICTION! That's why it says "Novel" on the front. Let the guy have some artistic license, geez. He's earned it.
It was a page-turner I couldn't put down. It starts out with action and keeps your pulse going all the way through. I loved figuring out all the puzzles as I went along. Very much like the puzzles in Rome from his previous book "Angels & Demons".
For everyone else who wants complete accuracy, might I suggest some non-fiction?
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Summary: Impulse Buyer take heed
Review: If you are the kind of buyer of books like me (see the pretty cover positioned in the front of the store, better buy it) you can spend your money better elsewhere. If your a reader into science fiction/religion books with lots of attention to detail then this is your book. I not being one of those people still found the symbolism and the little details exciting and well played but the overall effect made me dizzy. If you don't pay close attention to the characters thoughout the entire book then you will find yourself lost many times. Quite frankly I was dissapointed by this book. In the plot they're searching for something (I won't tell you what). At the end they were no closer finding it than in the beginning. I read through those 400+ pages to be lead nowhere further. If you like arts and code breaking this is your book. If you just looked at the cover, download a pictre of it and buy something a lot better.
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Summary: Hated Deception Point but loved Da Vinci code
Review: I disliked Brown's previous book, Deception Point, because I know a lot about the subject matter and found many errors and over simplifications in the work. It made me angry that it received so much praise for "research." But, I was blown away by the Da Vinci Code. Understand that I know practically nothing about the subject matter, but what I think I learned was fascinating. So, it's a great read! But, if his previous book is any indication, some of the "details" of the story might be a bit too glib.
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Summary: wow
Review: best book ever, lots goin on, page turner - once u start u cant stop, full of cool facts. im gunna read it a second time. Awsome for anyone
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Summary: Great stuff
Review: Wonderful book. It sucked me right in and didn't let me go until I was finished. Interesting factual bits, also, that make me want to read more on them. The charactors are wonderful, and as he mentions early in the book, Harrison Ford would be perfect for the leading role if this were made into a movie. You must read this book! A note to a few of the complainers: Mr. Brown has an extensive biblography on his web site, so yes he didn't make this stuff up, and before claiming his facts are totally wrong you should look at his sources. Also, to the person who claimed that the bloodline of Jesus becomes non-important if He is not divine, you obviously forget that even if He's not divine, He still is a desendent of the long line of kings - that makes His bloodline very important.
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