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Summary: A "plethora" of falsehoods!
Review: Okay, I admit it... I was hooked at first, but about halfway through, I got bored. This book was so predictable and I couldn't believe how many times the author used the word "plethora"! Remember, this book is FICTION. Its interesting to read, but don't spend money on it... Do what I did and borrow it from a friend.
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Summary: All you "intellectuals" need to lighten up
Review: This is a very good book. Period.I noticed a lot of "smart" people complaining about inaccuracies in the grammer and historical elements of this book. Hey, THIS IS A FICTIONAL NOVEL. And a good one. It's well written and very entertaining. Are some elements kind of stretch? Yes. Do they detract from the story? On the contrary. This should be on your read list unless you're too obstinate to overlook the fiction portions of the book. Having said all that, I will say that I did not enjoy this book as much as Angels & Demons for 2 primary reasons. 1) the characters in this novel are too similar to those in A&D. 2) there are times in this novel where Mr. Brown seems to think that his characters need to stop using their brains long enough to let the ready "solve" a problem or "crack" a code. The main characters seemed to have the hardest time solving the easiest problems. He writes these instinces off by insinuating that they are trying too hard or looking too deep, but it comes off like a blatant attempt to allow us, the readers, to show how brilliant we are by solving something before the characters do. Regardless, this is a great novel....just not quite a great as Angels & Demons.
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Summary: Absolutely Ridiculous - Beyond Belief
Review: This book was one of the worst books of all time. I can't believe anyone found this book "gripping" or "suspenseful." Don't waste your time! Could anything be more ridiculous? Here, a couple of people, in 48 hours, "solve" the Holy Grail mystery. All this is done with 2 jokers who suddenly learn how to shoot guns, roll out of cars, jump out of a plane, decode anything and everything in matter of minutes, (except the most obvious so the reader could decode something in the book), and whatever else came into the author's fractured brain. Talk about fracture. His historic events should be called Fractured History. The errors were so off that I found myself laughing out loud while reading. And, the white albino? Does the author think that the reader is in awe from just these words, "the pink-eyed, white albino?" He must have written those words about 50 times in the book. Hello! an albino IS white.....idiot! I'm not even going to the offensiveness of the book for Christians, Catholics or anyone of certain faith. But, why isn't there an outrage by Catholics similar to the Jews with Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ?" At least Mel's movie is historically correct. This guy doesn't get even one fact right, starting with DaVinci's painting "The Last Supper. Oh well, just don't waste your time unless you all you want is one big laugh at the absurdity of it all.
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Summary: An Excellent piece
Review: I happen to be an instructor and really am quite pleased with the piece. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good read with a great deal of action.
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Summary: It was just OK.
Review: I was really expecting this book to rock the house. I enjoyed Angels and Demons, and especially liked Robert Langdon. While The Da Vinci Code has some cool ideas, I didn't care one iota. Langdon became this incredibly passive and boring character with not much to do other than solve a puzzle with his brain whenever the story needed to move on. There were way too many characters that I didn't care about. Instead of spending time with Silas the not very scary Albino, I wanted more Langdon and Sophie. And what's with the 2 page chapters? I hope Mr. Brown's next book is a bit "deeper", and more engaging.
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Summary: gotcha thinkin'
Review: I have never written a review at Amazon before. I've bought a lot of books on Amazons recommendation, and I must admit, I'd never heard of Dan Brown and it took me awhile to buy the book. I gave it to my husband first-and he read it in several hours. I took it with me to the lake, and spent an entire day of my vacation reading this book. I could not put it down. It was a pure pleasure to read. I am not a professional reviewer, just an average joe buying a book to read, and I say this is one of the best books I've read in years. I've passed my copy around at work so much that I've lost track of who is reading it now. I highly recommend this book to anyone who just likes a good story and doesn't know(or care)about "historical accuracy" and "dangling participles". Its fiction, and its just plain fun.
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Summary: Afterall a work of fiction..
Review: This book was recommended to me by my roommate. It started out as all she promised it would be, thrilling, engrossing and griping. But somewhere along the line it starts losing you. The author makes feeble attempts to draw you in again, by throwing in alarming facts and figures, not so cryptic puzzles and controversial details but it just makes each chapter shorter and more confusing. Brown does not let you savour the thrill of each chase, he cuts them short and leaves you hanging and perplexed. I think that Da Vinci Code has made people think, in more ways than one. People are going back and reading the scriptures, talking to priests and using a million image searches to find pictures of the last supper. The book is a work of fiction but has gone to prove how gullible people are, reading the book and re-evaluating their faith. It makes one wonder how masses can be stirred to one direction after reading the book and the very same people, after watching Gibson's movie show so much devotion to the faith they questioned before. The Da Vinci Code is loosely based on events from the Bible and that is where the similarity ends. Prathima Rodrigues
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Summary: Please, it's FICTION
Review: Many reveiwers have taken the time to explain the historical inaccuracies of this book and his poor writing. Fine. His poor research aside, even if this is called "fiction", the bottom-line is that so many ARE TAKING IT AS FACT. Some even go so far as to say "religion is debunked." Come on! This is a novel, not a treatise and should be considered as such.
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Summary: pathetic
Review: As entertainment, some people seem to find this book enjoyable. Can't say that I did. The characters are wooden and totally empty, and you can see each plot development coming from a mile away. An awful piece of writing. A lot of people have praised the book for its "research." I'm sorry, but research that involves reading two books of concocted conspiracy theory and goddess lore and ignores documented history and the work of real historians can't be dignified with the word "research." Do people think that ANYTHING that's printed or on the web has the authority of being accurate? Doesn't it occur to them that sometimes people MAKE THINGS UP? Doesn't anyone have any idea how to critically evaluate evidence and separate the credible from the bogus? Real historians never say "the goddess was worshipped in prehistoric times" as some kind of statement of fact -- they say "there is no indication, either archaeological or in the written record, that any ancient people ever worshipped a single, archetypal goddess; all the accounts of early religions that we have describe polytheistic systems of belief. That is, the ancients had pantheons of many gods and goddesses, Venus, Hera, Zeus, etc. As far as we know, there was no 'divine feminine'." Gerald B. Gardner (1884-1964) originated the faux history of the goddess. The "history" that Gardner claimed to have discovered was actually a melange of material from modern sources: Charles Godfrey Leland, a nineteenth-century amateur American folklorist, Margaret Alice Murray, and various late 19th-century occultist groups, with a helping of Freemason rituals added in. Pretty tawdry origins, actually. Getting people together for "goddess worship" allowed Gardner to indulge his taste for nudism and do the "sky-clad" stuff. It also allowed him to write in fake Ye Olde Englishe Style. The idea that university professors would spout such drivel as historical truth made the characters completely unbelievable to me. The idea of worshipping the Goddess... now that's embarrassing.
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Summary: poor men ludlum
Review: very interesting historical background whether true or not.. but the plot with all the twists and turns (most of which very predictable) reminded me of ludlum's books which I stopped reading ages ago
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