Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code Reviews

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The Da Vinci Code is the critically acclaimed book written by Dan Brown. This religous themed thriller follows Professor Robert Langdon as he is implicated in a complex murder and subsequent manhunt. This New York Time Number One Best Selling Novel has proved to be both a commercial and critical hit and has been one of the most talked about books in recent years.

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Yuri Velasquez 7th Oct 2008

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Good Points: Basically none, only that the book has sold millions.

Bad Points: Too many to mention. i.e. The 'action' starts at about 6:30pm and ends about 11am the next day. Don't they eat or sleep?
I think some form of time machine is employed here to stop time. The fact that book book has been so successful says more about today's literary appreciation than this excrable tome.
Hang it up in the toilet.

General comments: There is a simple way to assess this book. Obtain a copy of Holy Blood, Holy Grail -by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Written in 1982, now recently updated. It goes it to the subject at a far deeper level, although obviously not a novel. Whether or not the whole thing is a scam I really couldn't say. Interesting read all the same. A few years back I was in contact with someone who claimed to be in the 'Priory of Sion'. There might be something to it? Back to Dan Brown's book. Read both books and decide for yourself where the story came from? I have always thought that the person on Jesus's right in the painting The Last Supper a woman, much to the chagrain of art experts. Oh Michaelangelo liked painting androginous youths.
All I can add further is - Et in Arcadia Ego........
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nedbrab 16th Sep 2008

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Appallingly badly written. He uses convoluted conversations, that no experts would really have, to get his ideas across. Ridiculous twaddle.
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Guest 10th Jul 2008

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A very uninteresting read. There was no interest in telling the story and i found this book extremely boring and unfabricated. On the whole, think Dan Brown should be taken off our shelves!
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Guest 15th Apr 2008

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Good book still reading it though
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zoodemon 18th Oct 2007

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I generally enjoyed the book. i had read it without any preconceptions and found i settled into it easily. His characters are not the deepest, but they are only there as subplot, as the appeal of the book comes from stories of religious heritage, mysterious society's and our fascination with spirit belief. If you need your books to be anything more than stocking fillers then this book will leave you rather unfulfilled.

The story has good pace, teasing you with dark locations and then tearing ...
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melinak 3rd Sep 2007

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The Da Vinci Code is a fantastic book. Shorter Chapters, genius twists, I felt I could really get into the characters minds.
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lynnieloo 7th Aug 2007

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Intellectually stimulating, very inspirational read. Dan Brown is an absolute genius!
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jackie120 14th Jun 2007

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I thoroughly enjoyed the book. However, I read this before Angels & Demons and found that it was much better. I've heard others say that they liked A & D more, especially those that read that one first.
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emza2511 28th Dec 2006

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I thoroughly enjoyed The Da Vinci Code! I read it long after the hype had died down, thinking that it couldn't possibly be as good as everyone had made out. However, it surpassed every expectation I had of it! It was truly captivating! I couldn't put it down! Admittedly, at first it was rather difficult to follow (with many sentences in French), but I think this added to the authenticity of the book!

Also, I had seen the film before I read the book, and the book I'm afraid is 110% better wit ...
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FraggleSue 27th Nov 2006

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I thought this book was absolutely superb! My husband read it and told me it was great and tried to tell me what it was about - it sounded boring! Any description or explanation anyone tries to give of this book just won't do it justice!
The book is very cleverly written, with each character given such depth and importance along the way but the plot flows brilliantly and is very easy to read. The wonderful thing about books is that if they are well written, you can imagine everything so vividl ...
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mozymo 21st Aug 2006

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I started to read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, and after a short while I abandoned it to the coffee table where it sat until it got the better of me, and I decided I would give it another try. I did, and it sat once again on the coffee table for another week or so. After speaking to an author friend who said he just couldn't get to grips with the book, I thought I wasn't so dim after all, and I gave it another once-over. I felt I knew Robert Langdon, the main character, and although the story ...
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polkadots 1st Aug 2006

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What i love about this book,is the use of baffling codes,it really is pure genius. The depth of the story unfolds closer to the end of the book as characters are clearly not how they appear. Unlike Angels & Demons [also by dan brown] characters are explained in much more depth, this makes the story compelling and at times shocking. A reader with a wider knowledge of Da vinci's work may find the story, easier to digest. But still, a gripping read.
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degbert 10th Jul 2006

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Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, all very fun and a lot of the depiction of scenes and events are quite believeable. The two main characters are just about brought off the page in terms of the depth, but Fache rather steals the show as the most plausible and with whom I had most empathy. Without giving anything away, characters introduced later in the book are far more 2 dimensional and the whole thing tails off as a realistic story later because of it.

But that's not my main issue... which is w ...
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jsarcadia 18th Jun 2006

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Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code the most overrated book of all time. A completely predictable, formulaic murder mystery. The religious "revelations" are nothing new; particularly to anyone with a modicum of historical awareness. I cannot believe the hype that surrounds this book. The hype is extraordinary; the book is just plain ordinary.
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MHatton 31st May 2006

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I thought Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code was a good read, obviously with a book so hyped up as this the mind boggles on what to expect.
It opens up the mind to other possibilities about religion and Jesus Christ's heritage and offers a delicious twist to an ancient tale.
The main thing to remember is that this is fiction and if you disengage the brain it is a good interesting read.
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sugarluva 4th Apr 2006

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I can't believe that people are actually able to write bad reviews about
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. It has to be one of the best I've ever read. I must admit it wasn't the most challenging book to read but as for suspense and twists within the storyline it was amazing. I loved this book and really could not put it down. I have also recommended it to lots of people since and everyone has agread with me.
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brisinghamen 13th Feb 2006

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is perhaps the worst I have ever had the misfortune to read. Having heard the hype I was very disappointed to find out that this is all there is to this book...hype. The characters are supposed to be experts in the field of cryptography etc, but cannot work out the most basic cloth-eared cryptic clues. I mean, a five letter word that has to do with Sir Isaac Newton? Give me a break! Written by an author who knows nothing. Add to this that it has been written in a ...
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etuk 31st Oct 2005

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Got Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code under the audio book exchange at the motorway services. I seen loads of reviews in the media and I'm still undecided about it's accuracy. It's very believable because of the track record of the Catholic Church and all it's secrecy but maybe a little OTT on the conspiracy theory front. I'm inclined to believe a lot of it could be true but I'm not a fully signed up member.
However - whether you believe the story or not it's still damn good if you accept it as fi ...
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david england 30th Sep 2005

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Browm treats his readers as if we were complete idiots, no development of characters, suspense? What suspense. Too predictable, staggering and lurching from one location to another like a drunk in a foggy night. Pathetic. The Da Vinci Code is a complete waste of money
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DanteMinos 29th Sep 2005

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If there would be one word to describe the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, it would definitely be: AWESOME! It was amazing how everything untied itself page after page. I tried to predict what happened, however, the ending was very unexpected. The only problem possibly, is that the ending needs a bit of fixing. I have read many books in my time, but this one just blows it all away! If you enjoy history and all about religion, this is definitely a book for you! I loved that it explained everythin ...
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