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Summary: A little learning is . . .
Review: . . . more than you will get from this book. Yes, it is a very engaging page turner, and everybody loves a good conspiracy theory. However, it seems to have the effect of leaving middlebrow readers with the impression they now understand art history. Nonsense. A much better read, which covers the same turf but leads the reader to a much more surprising ending, is Umberto Ecco's Foucault's Pendulum.
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Summary: Over hyped thriller.
Review: The Da Vinci Code is a fast paced, fun thriller that was most definitely designed for the silver screen. It is crystal clear that Dan Brown seemed to have movie in mind as he wrote the book. Marked by very short chapter lengths of 1-5 pages, the story moves out quickly and seems ready made for movie adaptation. I did find the short chapters to be tiresome. The plotline, putting aside the unique angle of the Holy Grail, is cookie cutter. Character development is one-dimensional and predictable. It is worth saying that there is a lot of hype about this book because the tale of the Holy Grail was weaved into it. There is nothing new or earth shattering in what the author presents on the Holy Grail, Knights Templar, or Mary Magdalene. Dan Brown breaks no new ground on the religious and historical fronts. But he does a fair job of mining existing works on the Holy Grail in producing this book. There are those in Christian circles who are concerned with this book because it purports that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and produced offspring (and that there are direct descendants living among us even today) among the many heretical topics presented in the book. Those in certain Christian circles are worried that the many readers who are not familiar with Grail mythology might question their faith as a result of being exposed to these ideas. These ideas are nothing new. Why try to run away from them or discourage others to not read it? My retort is simple. If ideas contrary to your beliefs or understanding of your faith's pillars threaten your faith, you may not have a true faith.
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Summary: READ IT!
Review: Amazing. That is all I have to say. If you love to be enlightened and surprised, while also enjoying an exciting thriller read this book. One of the best reading experiences of my life
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Summary: Good beach read
Review: Good book to take on vacation or to the beach - entertaining and quick.
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Summary: Never would have guessed it
Review: I can honestly say this is a great book. Consider, that I am not a fan of books...or reading...except for my monthly Maxim. I saw the 400 plus page book and thought there was no way I would read it. Decided to pick it up one day....needless to say...it took me 3 days to read it. Never in my life have I come across a book that I "wanted" to read. Waiting to see if they have a movie come out for it...I would be 1st in line for tickets.
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Summary: Damn good, considering it wasn't hardcore sci-fi
Review: This book really lived up to everything I'd heard about it and I can now see why it is Number One. Even though it was a little long, it was fairly fast-paced and there were enough twists and turns to definitely keep me interested. I would definitely tell others to purchase and read "The Da Vinci Code". Even though most of my friends are like me and usually stick with hardcore science-fiction or cyberpunk books like "Cryptonomicon", "Snow Crash", or "Darkeye: Cyber Hunter", among many others. I still believe, now, that "The Da Vinci Code" definitely deserves a spot on my bookshelf along with my other favorites.
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Summary: Addictive And Good For You
Review: When I tell my friends about this book I tell them it is like "Crack"...You can't get enough of it, and never want it to end. I went nuts for this book. It appeals to my interest in religious studies and history, but mostly it appeals to my escapist desire for an excellent mystery/thriller.
I've given three copies to friends in the last month. When ever I find out someone is a reader, I ask "have you read The DaVinci Code?" I'm gushing...hope you like it as much as I do.
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Summary: Loved it, but something stuck in my mind.
Review: This is a very interesting, gripping and riveting novel. I'm sure that you don't want to leave it when you start to read once. I liked it very much, with just one objection. Please don't read any further if you have not read the book yet!
******* Warning!.. Spoilers hereafter!.. *******
Please try to remember the moment Remy drinks the cognac given him by The Teacher, or better, open the book and turn the pages up to Chapter 94 and look for the following paragraph (I have the Turkish print of the novel and the following is my own translation to English, so it surely will differ from the original. But I hope that it would give you an idea of where to look):
"The Teacher stepped to the back door of the limousine and thought 'we have just one problem left here to solve. The police will have no idea of what happened... and there will be no witnesses alive to tell them the truth.' He then opened the door, looking around quickly just to be sure no one's watching, and got in the car."
I, for myself, had some idea of who the Teacher might be, and had a guess up to that point. (I'm sure, that all readers did the same, and all of you smiled and said yourself "I already guessed that!" when the secret about the Teacher's identity revealed some chapters later.)
But after I read the aforementioned paragraph, I thought that I was wrong with my first guess, considering that "an author may hide the truth from readers for sometime, but he/she should never try to deceive/fool/mislead them".
As I said, thought that I was wrong. Because we know there is only Sir Leigh Teabing tied in the back seat, no one or nothing else there; and if the Teacher and Teabing were the same person as I guessed before, the Teacher's action of stepping to the back door and his thinking of 'just one problem left here to solve' would be purposeless and nonsense. That means the Teacher should be someone else, and he 'stepped to the back door' to finish Teabing off who was 'the last problem left'.
In fact, as we would realize chapters later, Teabing *is* the Teacher, and this paragraph seemed as if it was written to mislead the readers in their guesses intentionally. Do you think that an author should have such a right ?
Finally, i'd like to rephrase my point, just for the sake of emphasizing it : I was really surprised when the mystery about the Teacher was uncovered, so I returned to the Chapter 94, re-read the aforementioned paragraph, and thought like this : 'Teabing is the Teacher and he's outside the car now. That means there isn't anybody in the back seat of the car anymore. So why exactly does he step to the back door thinking 'we have just one problem left here to solve.' and
get in the back of the car ? Does it make any sense to you ? What do you think the author's intention is with this paragraph ?
Any thoughts ?
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Summary: There's no mystery in this mystery!
Review: What on earth are the critics raving about? Two-thirds of the book is copped directly from the references the author gives beginning Chapter 60. The other one-third is a weak attempt to merge mystery religion with what the author believes is a thriller. Anyone who has read even one of the four historical studies cited by the author knows all about Da Vinci's so-called checkered activities and his flakey antics such as backward writing and cryptograms. And to call the main character Sauniere is just ribald cartooning! So, Mister Brown, I guess I missed something... In your opinion, what did happen to John the Baptizer?
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Summary: Amazing Book
Review: This book is absolutely amazing. I'd recommend it to anybody who has the time to sit and read. You might want to read Angels and Demons(also by Dan Brown) before reading the Da Vinci Code though since it is the beginning of Robert Langdon's story.
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