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Summary: Things you thought you knew...you will now know!
Review: Be taken into a world that has always been right in front of you. You have seen the things you are about to experience, but were never really explained to you. The world you have always known has now become the world of revelation. What if many things you considered in life to be true, were constructed to control half the world's population. How would you see things in life once you knew the truth? This fast paced fictional adventure will run you through a list of "factual information" (bibliographies included in book) about Secret Societies, Religious Sects, and the mysteries behind the most sought after quest of all time. The adventure will run you through Highly Intellectual Code Breaking, Murder, Deceit, and exciting revelations. This is where "Fact" meets Fiction and gives you the reader the opportunity to enjoy learning and revealing at an exponential rate.
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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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Summary: Why are so many upset about this book?
Review: Because Mr. Brown continues to proclaim that the ideas he based his conspiracy on are accepted historical fact. They are not. Hey I think I'll throw one of my own "historical facts" out there. You know that smug smile on Mona lisa's face, well she was promised a percentage of the millions from the tell-all book that was to be published exposing all of the "truth-killing crimes" of the Catholic church hidden in Leonardo's work. Too bad it took over 500 years.
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Summary: A True Page Turner
Review: Before anyone gets their religious beliefs or artistic expertise in a knot, remember that "The Da Vinci Code" is only a book and a good mystery at that. It will leave you guessing at every turn of the page. Dan Brown's character Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon goes to Paris to give yet another lecture and becomes involuntarily involved in one of history's greatest mysteries...the Holy Grail. What is it truly? What does it mean? And how does it affect the outcome of all that the world has come to "believe" as fact? The curator, Jacques Sauniere, of the Musee du Louvre in Paris is murdered, but this is no random killing. This man happens to be the Grand Master of the secret society known as the Priory of Sion. Established in 1099, this organization is bound to secrecy in the preserving and location of the Holy Grail which has been sought for centuries. After being shot in the museum, Sauniere uses his own body; Da Vinci's encrypted artwork, and his avid use of code to pass on clues to his granddaughter Sophie Neveu in locating the infamous keystone which leads to the Grail. Robert, who is falsely accused of the murder, teams up with Sophie who happens to be a Police Cryptologist. Becoming suspects on the run through Paris the two must play detective. In deciphering Sauniere's clues they come across a box for which they have no idea what is inside. What they find is what is called a keystone. Who ever wanted this keystone is behind not only Sauniere's murder, but three other murders that same night of prominent members in the Priory of Sion and a nun. Their adventure leads throughout Paris, to Westminster Abbey in London to the Rosslyn Chapel in Edinburgh, Scotland. The keystone holds a two thousand year old secret that can change the fate of all. This book is a true mystery from start to finish. Some will be appalled by the religious replications made or question the accuracy in the referenced artwork. I am not an expert in either area. However, I do applaud Brown celebrating the other essential half of spiritual enlightenment...the feminine side. Women have be demonized in society for far too long.
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Summary: Best book ever read
Review: Before I begin I'ld just like to say that just because a book is exciting and keeps you enthralled does not make it poor literature. I read this book in 48 hours and I still maintain that it was time well spent. This entire book was filled with surprises and twists. The protagonist, Robert Lagdon, along with Sophia Neveau find themselves on a wild journey from the Mona Lisa in Paris, to Westminster Abbey in England trying to find the secret to the Holy Grail. But this is no treasure hunt, the Grail holds a disturbing secret, that if revealed would mean a drastic change in Western religion, thats not very clear but its hard not to give anything away. The riddles and mysteries that they uncover are brillient, and have sometimes triple or quadruple meanings that all connect in the end. The book may not end in with a huge bang but I felt it was fitting and beautiful. Everything is wrapped up and concluded nicely. In conclusion, The DaVinci Code is facinating, suspensful, and completely opens the doors to new ideas about Christianity. Just thinking about how all the riddles and symbols came together, I can only wonder at how Dan Brown did it.
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Summary: A Fabulous Read
Review: Before I started this book, I heard that it was "anti-Christian". This could not be farther from the truth! This novel is definitely a page-turner that makes you want to research and learn more about the early Church!!
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Summary: Boldfaced Fiction
Review: Before reading "Da Vinci Code", I've read "History: Fiction or Science?" by Fomenko. Reading Dan was real fun compared to academic Fomenko. And after all, history of humankind was never a real science. It is a boldfaced fiction!
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Summary: Good concept, decent plot, abysmal writing!
Review: Before you part with any cold hard cash, think back to your first creative writing class... now, remember the clunky prose and paper-thin characterizations of the least talented class members. This will give you an idea of how The DaVinci Code reads. Don't get me wrong: I'm no literary snob, and I love a good Michael Crichton or Stephen King as much as the next person, but The DaVinci Code was no Firestarter. Many of the theories it hints at are never developed; the editor (if there was one) was clearly asleep at the wheel; and the characters themselves are so clichéd and unbelievable that you will soon find you are only reading to find out how it all ends. In short, Dan Brown makes John Grisham look like Shakespeare. However, despite its flaws, this novel is not without merit: BONUS #1: Dialogue so stilted you will laugh out loud. BONUS #2: Possibly the lamest, least imaginative, most one-dimensional rendering ever of an uptight Brit by an American author... found myself wondering less where the holy grail was and more why on earth Brown chose to revive such a dull, DOA stereotype for one of his main characters. BONUS #3: You DO have a chance in hell of getting published after all! For a somewhat better read on the same subject, I recommend The Prophetess by Barbara Wood. For author Dan Brown, I recommend Creative Writing 101 and a seasoned editor!
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Summary: Nice coverage of facts, little or no message at all
Review: Being a believer of Yaweh and Christ, but of no religion at all, I was interested in this book to learn how the non-christians look at the Jesus affair. I found it to be a very interesting novel with a nice amount of facts and creation of pseudo-facts by mere speculation using the real data. Good, light style makes this book an easy reading. But in some point, the plot loses itself in an ultimate try to end the story with a concience-rinse that reminds me of Pilatos hand washing. The author seems to get scared of his own story and pretends to build a finale that results in an excuse to those believers and christians that might result offended by its nature. If he went so far, why get back at the end and write a hollywoodesque end? My recommendation: read it, take the knowledge you find useful (like phi number, symbols, cryptology), then throw away the babble you confirm as such and go on. And don't tell my over-religious mom I've read it!!
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Summary: For a best seller, this book is horrible
Review: Being a best seller, I expected a lot from the DaVinci Code. The premise of a code hidden in DaVinci's paintings relating to a secret dating back to Christ intgrigued me. Robert Langdon, a professor, and Sophie Noveou, a French Police Officer, spend the entire novel breaking one code after another in search of a religious secret, that if exposed, would ruin the Christian church. This book is bad for a couple of reasons. First, Langdon and Noveou are some of the most boring characters ever. All of the characters take back stage to Browns historical descriptions of art and codes and symbols. This book also earns one star because Brown it isn't that exciting. Take away the characters and the thin plot, and you have Brown writing about his opinions on the catholic church. Brown opens the book by telling that Opus Dei and the Priory of Scion really exist. The book is filled with so much truth that it is hard to know where the truth ends and fiction begins. But Brown writes everything as if it is true. This is obviously a novel but Brown probably believes the theory he writes about, or else is wanting to just make a lot of people mad. As a Christian, it didn't make me mad, just curious. I wondered if any of this book was true. This book is interesting, but not really a good novel.
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