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Summary: Mid-Life Mystery: Nancy Drew meets Encyclopedia Brown
Review: Did you ever wonder what happened to those young crime fighters when they grew up? Now you know. A murder brings together Sophie the 30+ cryptographer and Robert the 40+ historian forcing them to answer a series of riddles and puzzles in order to solve the caper. The puzzles have all the sophistication of writing in lemon juice and reading messages in the mirror. Can you think of a five letter word associated with Sir Isaac Newton? If not then you will be left spell bound by cryptic hints like "we could use some fruit from the tree of knowledge to solve this one!" Except for the occasional references to sex to remind you this is adult fiction, this is the Hardy Boys all over again.
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Summary: Holy crap, people, it's FICTION! *spoiler*
Review: This wasn't the best book I've ever read, but being a college student and having facts and figures stuffed into my head day in and day out, an easy read was definitely welcome. I agree that the character development and dialogue are sub-par, but the book was hard to put down and fascinating, regardless of how accurate it is. However, I never got the impression that the author was trying to prove any of the theories in his book to be fact. Did it ever occur to any of the "art historians" or Dr. So and So's that the point of Mr. Brown's research may have been strictly to accurately portray an existing theory, not necessarily prove said theory? That perhaps Mr. Brown simply found the Holy Grail theory interesting and thought it would make for a good story? Lighten up! He wasn't writing an anthropology book, it's FICTION, and fiction involves unrealistic situations and half truths. If people can't figure that out, that's their problem, not the author's. If people are losing their faith over this book, then obviously their faith was not that strong to begin with. I fail to see how this book is a bash on Christianity. The idea that the Catholic Church as an institution has been wrong and made mistakes in the past is no secret (placing Galileo under house arrest for promoting a slightly more accurate model of the universe, for example). The idea of Jesus being married isn't that much of a stretch, since 30 y/o single men were a rare phenomenon in Jewish society during Jesus' lifetime. The author is not stating that Christianity should be destroyed. While the Grail theory presented in the book would certainly create upheaval in real life, in the novel the Priory decides not to release any information to the public. If Dan Brown truly hated Christianity or the Catholic Church, you would have seen its downfall in the book.To sum up my rant, this is a shallow, easy but fun read, not to be taken literally (or seriously) because it's FICTION. Enjoy it for what it is.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: What a great book. It's a quick read, but very engaging. I saw a few reviews from people clearly upset by the fact that this story may call into question their faith. For me, it's just a great story that weaves reality into the fiction.
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Summary: An all-around amazing book
Review: The suspense and the riddles made this book fun, but the knowledge it truley contained is why I loved it. Though you have to be openminded to read it, it can truley make you look at things closely and re-consider what you've been told.
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Summary: A BRILLIANT BOOK...
Review: First, I think it is WONDERFUL that one book can create such controversy and inspire over 2000 readers to write a review. I think that Dan Brown is one of the most brilliant writers of our time. It can be very disconcerting when basic core religious beliefs are scrutinized and examined. If you feel that it is wrong to ever question your beliefs or the Bible or Church - then it would probably be best not to read this book.
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Summary: Good for Beginners, but...
Review: Despite its reputation, Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code rates no more than a 3. On the whole a captivating read, the book suffers from poor structure and historical inaccuracy. Worst of all, the same ideas were captured in a much richer, intriguing, and complex book, Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum." Alas, Brown has re-hashed ideas that tantalize the uninformed but disappoint the more literate. Instead of reading this Clif Notes version of Western Civilization, I suggest you read "Pendulum" or study Da Vinci himself. Then, judge for yourself if Christianity is sitting on a secret, or whether instead the secret is really inside ourselves. Note: mainstream Christians, especially Catholics, may find "Code" offensive or even blasphemous. Since I am Jewish, I lack the personal, cultural, and educational background to judge; you should proceed with caution.
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Summary: Ignore the Catholic's right wing reviews
Review: This book is a wonderful, historical, fictional NOVEL. If read with that in mind, it will fascinate you. Should you choose books based on reviews, then beware that it has twisted the undies of conservative Catholics! You who are looking to give it 1 star in the hopes I would be spared the mercy of reading such lies really do need to get a life! At some points a reader may even question truth from fiction, but at the conclusion I seriously doubt that the Catholic Church is in any jeopardy of losing true believers. A well written mystery for anyone -religious and non-religious readers. Enjoy!
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Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY
Review: Quite simply put this is a fictional story designed to cast doubt on the TRUE word of GOD... The Bible. Don't waste your time or money...
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Summary: Well, I liked it!
Review: C'mon you guys who gave this book a bad review - IT IS A NOVEL! Who reads a novel to study art history! Or Christianity, for that matter, isn't there already a pretty well known bestseller which more than covers THAT angle? This is a fast paced, intriguing story which fascinated me from beginning to end. And I'm always appreciative of authors who refuse to devote at least half the plot to meaningless sex scenes. Don't listen to the negativity, everyone I know loves this book.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Be warned, Brown spends this entire book bashing Christians and everything they hold dear. He simply makes up a bunch of anti-Christian propaganda and presents it as fact.
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