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Summary: Very unconvincing
Review: Very poor novel. I am not a christian and to be honest I am neutral to wheather I should believe in one story or the other. However, the way Author was trying to convince in this book is quite annoying. Any conclusion he is coming up with, is based on numerous coincidences(really bad ones) and assumptions. I am 3 quarters through the book and finding it hard to finish it.(lack of interest).
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Summary: Fantasy Premise
Review: Very simply, the author starts with a false premise and continues to prove that false premise, with flawed reasoning. In physics or math we would call this a mathematical construct...like building a house with the first brick placed squarely in mid-air! The book is historically innaccurate, theologically innaccurate and inductively and deductively incorrect. Entertainment only for those susceptible to pap or who choose not to do their homework on the historical facts.
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Summary: BUY IT
Review: Very skillfully written book ! You can feel the suspense in every page. Locations and some institutions are real. You can go and visit every place depicted in the book. There are not many characters so it is easy to remember who was who. Very surprising ending. I strongly recommend to read "Angels and Demons" and then "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" before you read this book. For instance, at the early pages of this book, author cites someone called Vittoria for a few times. Actually this is a character included in Angels and Demons. So the best is to reas Angels and Demons first which also stars Robert Landgdon as this book does.
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Summary: The Da Vinci Code
Review: Very well written book. Interesting perspective on religion. Very enlightening about the arts/masters.
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Summary: If you liked this, read Waiting for Godot
Review: Waiting for Godot (by Samuel Beckett) is considered by most scholars to be the greatest play of the 20th century. It's also a taut thriller with fascinating insights into Christian tradition. It's the perfect follow-up to Da Vinci Code.
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Summary: Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Review: Wake up world! To all who think it is fiction - forget everything you have ever learned - it's all a lie! This is the first book that combines history and thriller in one - just for that you have to love it. To those who know the truth - we hope it gets people thinking, researching and reading.
P.S. Nothing is as refreshing as short chapters, great book.
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Summary: "Code" Blues
Review: Watch out Michael Crichton, you've got competition. With "Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown rivals you for one-dimensional characters, preposterous plot and misogynistic flourishes. However, he does you one better with his crypto-paranoid conspiracy theories centering around the Catholic church and forays into third-rate art criticism. The appeal of "Da Vinci" is mystifying, especially when Brown's "Angels and Demons" is a far better book, if you want a religious thriller. That one actually thrills. This one just makes you snicker with its completely inept writing style, character development and plot. Never has Paris been so slighted in fiction-this book is supposedly set in the Louvre but Brown's Louvre has all the atmosphere of a mall poster shop. If you must read a thriller, try Dean Koontz. If you must read Dan Brown, try "Angels and Demons." This "Code" isn't worth cracking.
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Summary: Code Broken
Review: We can debate the religious subtext of "The Da Vinci Code" ad nauseum (and I'll admit that's what got me interested in reading the book to begin with), but it doesn't change the fact that this book is simply not very good. The characters are thinly drawn and the events and coincidences that bring them together are ridiculously contrived. I could never accept that a man dying from a bullet wound would have the physical ability and presence of mind to set up an elaborate series of clues to reveal a centuries-old conspiracy. Dan Brown asks readers to take many plot-oriented leaps of faith in "The Da Vinci Code". I couldn't do it. One other plot question: Since so many "experts" seemed to know the true nature of the Holy Grail, why was locating it such a big deal? How can there be a "conspiracy" to protect an ancient secret if everybody's already in on it? I found "The Da Vinci Code" to be a literary "Blair Witch Project". The backstory was interesting enough, but the plot woven around it fell flat.
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Summary: Fiction
Review: We have to remember what this book is: Fiction. Well, Dan Brown, I guess I won't be seeing you after I die.
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Summary: Gripping and impossible to put down
Review: We loved "Da Vinci Code": it is definitely a fast-paced read, that I would compare to Michael Crichton's "Timeline". The author provides many interesting and amusing bits and pieces of art history mixed with curious knowledge of religous symbolism. The book will be especially interesting for those who traveled to places described in the book (London, Paris) but will provide a light and entertaining summer reading for everyone. I also appreciated somewhat feminist-related plot in the book
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