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Summary: A Real Page-Turner
Review: I found this book a real page-turner, complete with compelling characters and a plot that kept me turning the pages. I think I read it in about 3 sittings. The characters were good and the information about the Goddess, The Priory of Sion, Templars etc. certainly held my interest. The only down side was a sense of having read much of it before.
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Summary: Exciting thought provoking page turner...
Review: I found this book an excellent weave of fiction and fact (stress on the fiction). Dan Brown takes some known facts and many grey areas with room for interpretation to weave a tale of intrigue while touching on some of the more controversial topics. The book should be read as a story....nothing more!I found the ending a bit contrived but overall this book was a great way to open my eyes to the more factual books/research on this topic that are not as exciting on the first pass for the ignorant ones like me.
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Summary: Outstanding. Increadibly entertaining and enlightening
Review: I found this book as entertaining as enlightening. I learned a lot about history, the one you don't usually learn, and I truly enjoyed reading it. I wanted to keep going with out finishing it. It is fascinating the way the author talks about Paris' landmarks such as The Louvre. It is absorbing the way Da Vinci is present in this story.
I definitely recommend this book. It has become for me a NEW CLASSIC.
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Summary: Awesome book.
Review: I found this book extremely interesting and it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. This book is a great buy and should be added to everyones collection. =)
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Summary: A ho hum read
Review: I found this book to be a ho-hum read. It never captured my interest. It is so full of tired old literary tricks that I found annoying. One technique I found particularly annoying is the extreme overuse of non-English phrases and definitions within the first few pages. I suppose the author (and many readers) found that to be sophisticated and "learned." Also, the whole premise is so obviously controversial while claiming to be "just a good thriller" that it's obvious the author has some personal issues with Christianity. But I suppose it'll be just a matter of months before a major TV network makes it a "movie of the week." Not very original at all but B-O-R-I-N-G.
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Summary: Not what I expected, I was surprised where this book took me
Review: I found this book to be a quick and compelling read. It is a murder mystery that links events in the novel back to early Christian church events in an unusual way. If you are overly-senstive to controversial issues around Christianity this book may not be for you. If you like to explore ideas surrounding the historical context of religion and art you may enjoy it as I did. My only regret was that I was reading this on a plane, and I would have prefered to have internet access to examine some of the works of art that were being discussed as I was reading!
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Summary: good book
Review: I found this book to be an excellent read and a very suspenseful thriller. Dan Brown is an amazing author and I know that I will be reading his books until the very last one. The book starts out with a Harvard symbologist named Robert Langdon is staying in Paris for a while. He was suppose to have a drink with a man by the name of Jacques Sauniere who is the curator of the Louvre, the museum that is home to the classic and beautiful Mona Lisa. But later that evening, Langdon received a very rude awakening from the French police force saying that Sauniere had been murdered. Since Langdon was suppose to be the last to have seen Sauniere, he was a prime suspect to the murder. Sauniere had left a message on the floor with a pen that only shows up in a black light and Langdon's name was in it. This made him very nervous. This is when a young and beautiful young lady named Sophie Neveu entered the story. She worked for the Police as a cryptologist and was the granddaughter to the late Sauniere. Sophie new that Langdon was innocent and would stop at nothing to prove it to the police. That included breaking the law and turning them both in to fleeing fugitives. Also in the words left on the floor by the curator was a code that lead the two new fugitives to a key that opened a safety deposit box in a very private bank. This lead the two explorers into a great journey for what they would soon find to be the Holy Grail itself, or rather, her self. This book points out things about religion and the Holy Grail that are very fascinating and intrigued me to the point of continuing research on the subject. The Da Vinci Code is a book that grabs your attention from the very beginning and doesn't let go at any given moment. It was very well written and very well researched. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves thrillers and mysteries.
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Summary: The Da Vinci Code
Review: I found this book to be deceptive, pandering to our incessant search for moral loopholes. The author has taken old myths and repackaged them for a reading public that has very little experience with history. The melding of fact and fiction was clever and misleading, leaving us breathless with anticipation for the next tricky twist. If you read this, please do yourself the service of investigating the fact/fiction that serves as the base for this novel.
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Summary: No Focault's Pendulum
Review: I found this book to be mildly entertaining. My expectations were low as I had just finshed reading Focault's Pendulum, a highly involved similar story by Umberto Eco about secret societies and the like. Eco's book, while at times too complicated, was more suspenseful and better written. I needed an encyclopedia handy at all times. Brown's attempt at the subject was much tamer. I would recommend this book to folks who enjoy a thriller in an easy read. If you want a historical fiction that will make your brain hurt, read Focault's Pendulum.
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Summary: Interesting Book
Review: I found this novel to be very interesting, I highly recommend it.
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