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Summary: Suspense in religious history
Review: To set the record straight on the "religiously correct" is quite refreshing to read. The mother of god Isis is being resurrected from the terrible grave she was burried in for 2,000 years in this suspense thriller. I downloaded the "Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci and "lo and behold" there she sits clearly on my computer screen to the right and honor place of the one who was declared god in 325 a.D. I disagree with the 5 million women who were tortured and murdered within 300 years by the Roman-Catholics; the actual number is 9 million. Interesting how state and church were combined; it seems to me there lies more power in the church than any state has every held as the Vatican survived two thousand years. And the truth had to go underground in the Priory of Sion and other brotherhoods. The power struggle as described in this book is immense and quite compelling to read. If you are a stout Catholic don't read this book. Anyone who seeks enlightenment be prepared for it: the truth hurts but sets you free. Are you going to find the Holy Grail in this book? You can't stop to turn all the pages to find out.
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Summary: Wonderful Historical Fiction
Review: From the first chapter, I could not put the book down. Great pacing with the plot and characters, as well as some interesting analysis regarding historical figures, paintings and sculptures. Subject matter is a wonderful springboard for great debates/discussions with friends who have also read the book. Wonderful read.
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Summary: Is Dan Brown a pen name for Danielle Steele?
Review: I bought the book for a good vacation read, but have read more eloquent prose in trashy romance novels. Do this to see if this book is more than a travel pamphlet for Europe. Go to Chapter 3, read the first paragraph out loud. I was so disappointed. The plot is also very transparent. I was not moved to read any of his other books if this is the sort of mush he serves his readers. Did anyone else realize AT ONCE that the 'language' was actually English written backward? How dumb is Rob, anyway? Save your money.
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Summary: "The Da Vinci Code"- Unbelievable Story!
Review: When I first started to read "The Da Vinci Code", in my mind I had a feeling that I would read a cheesy crime and detection type of story. After 15 minutes of reading, I found out that I was so wrong. The story is anything but cheesy.
The story took place in France when a Harvard professor and internationally known symbologist was waken up by a phone call the French intelligence department. Later on he found out that he was the only suspect of the murder of the curator of the Louvre museum. The reason why he was the suspect was they were supposed to meet by the time the curator was murdered and before he died, the curator left clues on the wall that had professor Langdon's name.
The cryptologist, agent Neveu, who involved in the crime was the curator's granddaughter and she believed that professor Langdon was innoccent. She planned to help him escape and during the run-away, she found out that her grandfather was the Grand Master of a secret society whose previous Grand Masters were Boticelli, Da Vinci, Newton, Victor Hugo, and other famous scientis and artis Unlike other crime and suspect novels, this novel is based on facts and that secret society is one of them.
The secret society had a mission to keep the secret of the Holy Grail alive. However, as the Grand Master and three other members died, the secret was about to be lost forever. Professor Langdon and agent Neveu found out that before the curator died, he left clues on the famous painting of Da Vinci "Mona Lisa" as well as in other places. During the runaway, the unclued the secrets with the help of a friend, who by the end turned out to be the person behind the dead of the curator.
The story is intriguing and unbelievable. It fuses facts with fictions and after reading the book for the first time, I found myself doing research for the information that described in the book. To my astonishment, all of them were very true, including the description of "The Last Supper".
"The Da Vinci Code" leads to one possibility of the life of Christ and the Holy Grail. As history are stories from the past, the ultimate truth may be covered by many layers. The quest to find the truth is risky and painful and sometimes the truth is unbelievable. My advice to those who are Catholic is please keep your mind open while reading this book and it will be very hard to read the story for the first time.
"The Da Vinci Code" is such an incredible book that it can cause controversies among the readers. I praise Dan Brown for his skills of observations and descriptions. The story really opens my eyes to new possibilities of history and reminds me to be open-minded.
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Summary: Fasten your seatbelt!
Review: A fast-paced thriller you will be unable to put down!! A brilliant combination of actual history and true biography of the Master painter himself combined with a mystery with a surprise at the end-nice fast reading for a day (as that is all you will need) at the beach! Not a true work of heavy duty literature and at times reads like a Sydney Sheldon novel; nonetheless keeps you at the end of your seat till the last page. A great summer thriller!
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Summary: A Great Thriller
Review: I read the book. It was good. A guy gets killed, and a really smart Harvard man and a French policewoman try to find the killer. Bhosre waale gandu aur maader chod logo kush aur kerne koo nahi hai joo yahaa computer kai saame apne maa koo chod rahee hoo. I stayed up all night to read this book, it was that good. Jaa kar kahi aur gand maraao. If you can understand Hindi, then I am talking about you.
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Summary: Fun Book
Review: I was a bit weary about reading this book considering it's subject matter... Dan Brown makes this an easy, thoroughly enjoyable book, short chapters, fast action, and multiple intersecting plot lines keep you reading more to see what happens. Good for those of us with short attention spans... As for content. The books premise is interesting. The "blood line of Jesus" and the extent that the Church would go to keep that hidden from it's followers is plausible if Jesus had progeny... Cheers!
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Summary: Great Vacation Read
Review: After all the media hype, I couldn't wait to read this book. The story started out very intriguing, but lost its zest fairly early in its development. The ending was pretty obvious, but the path to get there was fast and fun. While Brown does a masterful job with the historical details and information (his supporting information is amazing), the plot and characters are not developed as well as I hoped. Also, the time frame of the story is very unrealistic. This is a fun read, but not a book for easily offended Catholics, or any Christian for that matter. Great book for those fascinated with code breaking and Holy Grail mythology. It prompted me to do further reading on this subject! This book will definitly prompt readers to do some thinking about their own beliefs.
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Summary: if there were a paint-by-numbers thriller...
Review: This would be it. There's even an albino assassin. Basically this is the worst load of cliched, hyped tripe I've ever read...if you're looking for a summer beach novel, Nelson DeMille does it well. If you're looking for a novel to keep on your shelf to remind you that you can write a better one, this is it. Seriously, I think this is the worst thriller novel I have ever read.
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Summary: Sophie throws the soap...
Review: An entertaining book for puzzle-lovers. But my goodness, am I seriously supposed to believe that the Louvre Museum has actual bars of soap! C'est incroyable! Everyone uses liquid soap these days!
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