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Summary: Conventional Quest Narrative
Review: This book is more a compendium of Mr. Brown's considerable research of his subject than a compelling novel of fiction. The protagonists' quest is formula, and I knew who "the Teacher" was very early in the book. Dialog seemed stilted, as well.
Methinks not nearly as much a thriller as advertised.
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Summary: Very intelligent. Definitely read it
Review: This book is my first introduction to a "religious" themed novel and it worked wonder. The story packed a lot of insgihts I didn't know about, which only made reading each page that much more interesting. I also like the brisk pace of the novel. Dan Brown sure knows how to crank it up. Overall, the story is tight, intelligent, and cleverly interwoven, with a villain who turned out to be someone whom I wasn't quite expecting. Definitely read it. It actually peaked my interest in iconography and rekindled my fascination with Leonardo Da Vinci. Well worth the read.
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Summary: This is not the first book with this story
Review: This book is not the first with this story that I read, The Prophetess by Barbara Wood is alike but I think that this book is better, whether if you are agree or not with this story, this book will keep you reading all the time and you won't be able to put it down.
I can't tell you that this story ia real or not, but you really can? May be you will not be agree with this story, (I am not telling that I am, but I'm not telling you that I'm not) but you have to know what other people think about any religion and
think about it. This book is amazing in the things of the past, and what really happened 2,000 years ago is very difficult to verify, I think that this book deserves SIX STARS because is a book that will make you think, and as I said before, is not the first one with this theme, so the question is: why other writers wanted to do this job if it is not true?
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Summary: Wow!!
Review: This book is one of the best, well-written novels i have read in a long time. It combines mystery with history, and takes you on an incredible journey which leaves you wanting more. I could not put the book down. Through reading the book, i have instigated researching more on the topic and it has changed the way i veiw the Church now. I recommend it to everyone!!!!!! I convinced my friends, who don't like to read, to just glance over a chapter or two, and when i tried to get my book back, they told me,"Wait! Just one more chapter!"
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Summary: A Good Read
Review: This book is one of the better books I have read in some time. A good book gives you a plot that makes you want to keep reading. A very good book makes you think about the book when you set it down and days after reading it.The DaVinci angle is very good. Only complaint of the book is the main characters never sleep or eat and solve some of the great mystery on the fly. The author could have allowed them a break somewhere between Europe and England for a bath and potty break. The main character is awoken at midnight after a long day and never stops. I enjoyed the book and hopefully you will also... Also noticed where the main stream media are starting to talk about if Jesus was married now, I bet this book has raised that question.
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Summary: I DON'T GET IT?????
Review: This book is one of the worst reads I can remember! I truly don't understand the hoopla about this book. Oh sure, it starts with an interesting premise, but the story execution is laughable. For example, the heroine has been estranged fro..her wonderful grandather for years for a mysterious, shocking reason. Finally it is revealed - the secret ceremony where she witnessed, to her horror - what? A murder, animal sacrifice, cannibalism? Ohno, much worse, her grandfather was having sex!!
Come on! She calls herself French? Not to mention the sreaming halt in the action every five pages so the hero can lecture us on Grail history. Snooze... The characters are 2 dimensional at best, the coincidences in the story insult the intelligence... I could not finish this book. I can only conclude that some people are so naive that the whole idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene getting it on is shocking enough to make this a "page turner". Pitiful
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Summary: Overrated
Review: This book is overrated. The characterizations are inconsistent and the plot is simplistic. Dan Brown is unable to develop any coherent ideas of his own. I wouldn't recommend reading it.
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Summary: A Book for the Masses
Review: This book is perfect for anyone that wants to get into reading. It is a sure page-turner that grabs you from the start. No patience is needed for reading it. There is constantly something exciting going on, which Brown accomplishes with his short chapters that end right after a small "bomb" is dropped on the reader. Most people will be pleased reading this book. There are many fascinating things and lessons to be learned from The Da Vinci Code. One is that there are many sides to a single story, and to never take history's word for what has really happened. I felt a bit of emptiness as I began to finish this book, I think mainly because I didn't know what to take as fact or fiction from what I had just read. However, there are many, many positives to this book, and if you can weed out everything else, you will walk away a happy, enlightened customer.
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Summary: Not worth reading
Review: This book is poorly written and definitely not worth the time. Also, the ideas in it are just plain crazy, it is apparent that the author is relying solely on his far out ideas to carry this book, probably because he can't write. It is hard to believe that this book is a best seller.
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Summary: A tabloid for conspiracy nuts.
Review: This book is poorly written and researched. Dan Brown has a interesting subject, but he completely fabricates history and distorts facts. But Dan Brown does a great job in crafting a book to dupe conspiracy nuts. For anyone who studies history, this is a difficult book to get through. I encourage people to take a deeper look into any of the "historical accounts" in this book.....its embarassing. There are too many facts to dispute, but here are just a few... -Most Knights of Templar were crushed by King Philip the Fair of France....not the Catholic church.
-Brown's characters state that the Church burned five million women as witches, which show Dan Brown's malicious ignorance of historical record. The latest figures for deaths during the European witch craze are between 30,000 to 50,000 victims. Not all were executed by the Church, not all were women, and not all were burned.
-He claims that the motions of the planet Venus trace a pentacle (the so-called Ishtar pentagram) symbolizing the goddess. But it isn't a perfect figure and has nothing to do with the length of the Olympiad. The ancient Olympic games were celebrated in honor of Zeus Olympias, not Aphrodite, and occurred every four years.
-Brown's analysis of da Vinci's work is just as ridiculous. He presents the Mona Lisa as an androgynous self-portrait when it's widely known to portray a real woman, Madonna Lisa, wife of Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo. The name is certainly not - as Brown claims - a mocking anagram of two Egyptian fertility deities Amon and L'Isa (Italian for Isis).
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