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Summary: Eco 101
Review: Although I couldn't put the book down till I'd finished it, I can't quite say that it was all that great. For starters, there's just so many ideas which have blatantly been ripped out of Foucault's Pendulum (and some Baudolino) - the paris museum, templar knights, hidden secret which everyone's searching for... Seems to be somewhat of a toned down Eco for the intellectual proletariat!
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Summary: For a work of fiction; this book was entertaining; you just
Review: have to realize that it is just pure fiction! It was well written but the answer to the riddle was so elementary that it took the razamatazz out of the ending. Certainly not all it was hyped up to be; but a good effort at confusing and bamboozling the public. Surely we were not meant to believe these 'historical facts'!!My advice is just to read it, enjoy it and next time read the reviews first before buying. You can't always believe the hypsters!
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Summary: Chilling read
Review: This book deals with the perplexing tale of a litte rubber duck who happens to murder Dan Vinchi. It all started back in Battery Park, New York City, New York, United States of America, Planet Earth. The rubber ducky himself was murdered by back in the galactic year 200.000.000.000.000.009 on a small palnet now know as Dgr'po'nâr by the native inhabitatns. But he was reincarnated as Derk Witherspoon (an english cattle farmer) in the year 1694 (Western time). I leave the rest for you to discover within the pages of this beatifully bound edition of The Vinc'i Code.
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Summary: An unexpected pleasure
Review: I have heard many friends rave about this book but honestly didn't think that I would find it interesting, not my type of book. Or so I thought, I started it at 4 o'clock pm and couldn't put it down until I finished it at ten thirty that night. A fantastic read that I suggest to any who like to have their intelligence tweaked! Also love how he weaves truth of our very real world into his books. Have to respect the amount of research he must have done to write the book. Bravo to Dan Brown!!!
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Summary: Figured it out before the end
Review: The anti-christian story line and the woman's down play in christianity is interesting. All the puritan, christian fundamentalists hate it. This is not meant to be truth but fiction!!! The plot itself is very simple and unlike Agatha Christie or Sir Conan Doyle, I figured out the ending about half way through and by 2/3 of the book it was confirmed. Ths bits about Paris and London are OK if you have never been there. Overall entertaining but far from the fuss that every one makes of it. can only be read once.
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Summary: The best fiction book in years
Review: I am not really a big fan of current fiction books but i must say that this book was well worth my money and time...very effective...very well written and well paced.
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Summary: ignorance is bliss
Review: This book is awful. I mean, religious, crime, detective, suspense, thriller novels, those sort of books are the ones i like. But one's that are based of fallacies in history, plain lies, and even HERESIES, it really makes me wonder what sort of book this is supposed to be. Is it a serious book? Is it a joke on society? Is it just to provoke a reaction? I have a friend at school who makes a habit of insulting religions with false information, and he is a twit, and held in disgust by most of my peers, even the atheists and gnostics! This book is bound to confuse people, especially those who will take that "facts" as facts. It is a dangerous book! None-the-less, there shall probably be a great documentary made about the complete lunacy of this book, which i will watch with open eyes. I just pray for all those who take the word as fact. I am not a fanatic who wishes for "all those who read this book to burn is hell", i do not practice that sort of vengeful hatred, i just pray that people who read this book, will not take the information on face-value. That they will take the information and find out the truth before spreading lies about Leonardo Da Vinci, or the Church, or English history!
Please, just read this book with suspicion, or at least, regard it as a book, NOT a historical document!
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Summary: Keep to the Code
Review: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is a magical thriller. Brown pulls you through his well written book by shifting plots frequently. He keeps you wondering, who is the next target, what is going on over there, or when will these situations fall together?
Brown's manner of writing, itself, is enough to claim and hold your interest. The short chapters keep you thinking where he could go next in his amazing story. Robert Langdon, a professor and writer, and Sophie Neveu, a cryptographer, must decipher the codes given to them from the scene of a murder in the Louvre, the famous museum and home to the Mona Lisa.
I recommend this book to anyone who has a few spare days and is in the mood for this fast-paced thriller. You will catch yourself searching for answers to the puzzle in books, on the internet, and from random people or close friends. I really enjoyed Brown's brisk-paced storyline and hope you do the same.
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Summary: Good for Target Practice
Review: I hate this book. I can't say it enough. I hate it so much that it has produced the "train wreck effect" in me - I'm utterly fascinated to listen to people talk about how much they loved it. It's like a bad accident. Here's the problem. Never mind the research, never mind the accuracy. How about the "fact" that the three main characters - the world's foremost, Harvard-trained, EXPERT symbologist in the WORLD, an Oxford trained scholar and Sophie (what are her qualifications?) are working themselves into a lather trying - trying so very hard - to crack one of the codes that will further their efforts. And they just can't. It's too hard. The code? My 5-year old niece could figure it out - it's written BACKWARDS. How would that stump these super-sleuths? It's such a minor detail, but such an idiotic device, I literally threw the book at the wall. Between that, the ridiculous repetition of "cliff-hanger" chapter endings and the writing, it's enough to make someone wonder - What is wrong with everybody who loves this book? Conversely, this book wins my vote for best marketing of all time. It just makes you wish that Dan Brown would fess up that he wrote this as a joke to see how much money one can make from a brilliantly-marketed, poorly written book...
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Summary: I love this book
Review: I am not the one addicted to detective stories, but I really like this book. Actually, I am not an expect at architectures, arts, history and religions, so I don't know which part of the book is the fact and which part is not. But I can say..this book brings me a different kind of view towards Christianity and Catholicism. Also, I can see the author, Dan Brown, has been much efforts on writing this book and done a lot of research.
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