Rating: 
Summary: DaVinci a repeat of Angles and Demons
Review: This book was a bit of a disappointment after all of the hype. I had read Brown's previous book, Angels and Demons, first -and found the DaVinci Code to be almost entirely the same in terms of plot, character, pace, twists, and ending. The only difference between the books is the religious, historical topic at the center of the plot. Otherwise, same book, different secret society. I found it very hard to finish because of this. I got bored halfway through, and I guessed the plot twists and endings too easily (because I had been through his writing once before).The historical and artistic ideas in this book are interesting, but the writing is extremely shallow. Read it if you want a good page-turner, not a great work of character development or literature. And I would recommend only reading one of his books, because the second is sure to be a repeat and a disappointment.
Rating: 
Summary: Predictable. Trite. Overated. Disappointing.
Review: This book was a disappointment to say the least. I consider myself having an open mind and the initial tidbits caught my attention, so the book started off interesting for me. Although the premise was a good one, I felt that a great deal of the "facts" were really a reach based on opinion. Thus, not very interesting or provokative. Have you ever had the feeling in a movie theater that the movie was going nowhere and driving you nuts? That you just wanted to see the movie end to see if it got better and know that you gave it a chance? You sit there frustrated because what you keep hoping that it is just a lag in the story, but it just keeps getting worse? If this book was a movie theater, I would want to walk out. I kept reading only because I needed to know that I gave it a chance. I can't say how many times that characters obviously contrived to make you, the reader, feel is an innocent player, becomes a villian. I could see it hundreds of pages before it happened every time, but was hoping that it wouldn't. It was uncanny how I was able to figure out code before the crytographers could, and I am not a cryptographer. Not saying that I am great, just saying that the writing was trite. Which is why I use the word "predictable" to describe this book. I also can't tell how many times the main characters unrealistically and narrowly escaped being caught. You may be saying to yourself, "Wait a minute, I heard that this book is "a real page-turner." It is, I will tell you why. It is a great marketing tool engineered by Doubleday Books. Each chapter is only about 3 pages long and Brown ends each on a cliff-hanger causing you to just say to yourself "oh what the heck, one more short chapter before I go to sleep" time and time again. What about the "BIG" 1 hour special on ABC? This book must be good. I would be willing to bet that someone at ABC owed someone at Doubleday a favor and all of this publicity came about causing te unsuspecting public to say to themselves, "Wow, I have to get that book"! I am not a writer and I honestly feel that I could have come up with a more interesting book. I COULD BE AN AUTHOR! Don't bother buying this book (or reading it for that matter). But, if you insist, buy it used or borrow it. Don't come come crying to me when you realize how lame it is...
Rating: 
Summary: Good Read
Review: This book was a good read. It keeps you turning the pages until you finish it. It is provocative and raps many historical facts around its fast-pace. I won't give it away, but the ending is a little weird. Nonetheless, it's a fun read all the way through.
Rating:
Summary: An amazing and insightful book
Review: This book was a page turner from moment one. It is filled with so many factual, and interesting information that it really gets you thinking. I had to look up the painting of the first supper and really look at it. I was so impressed with this book and its fast-paced, keep you guessing edge that I'm going back to buy his other books!
Rating:
Summary: Amazing
Review: This book was a page turner to say the least. Not wanting to put it down and continue on at all hours of the night to see what will happen next was what was occuring wit me. For people to hate this book, they are just being ignorant. Yes it is FICTION and has some great thinking parts. Look at the cover in the mirror and see what the writing beholds for YOU! Recommend this to EVERYONE. A must read! Dont miss out!
Rating:
Summary: Code Breaking Fun!
Review: This book was a page turner. I found the historical and religious information facinating (and I don't normally like too much history in my fiction.). Even if most don't agree with the information, it was a fantastic read. Dan Brown is a creative genius!
Rating:
Summary: Getting Caught Up in the Suspense
Review: This book was a real escape from the day to day realities of life. The fact that the entire story takes place in one day was also very interesting. You never had time to rest. I found the book hard to put down once I got started. I was sucked in right from the beginning. I think the book was very cleaver. I would highly recommend it.
Rating:
Summary: Don't be so gullible!
Review: This book was a relatively quick read and just barely enough of a mystery to keep me going to the bitter end. But there are so many problems with it. Like other reviewers, I had many of the clues figured out long before they were revealed. The premise of the book--and the various aspects attached to it--are so totally absurd as to be laughable. The end was disappoiinting. And, as other reviewers before me have pointed out, the author's "facts" are anything but accurate. I can only assume that Dan Brown is trying to be sensationalistic (for the sake of monetary gain?) in his "revelations" about Christ, the Catholic Church, paganism, the Nag Hammadi, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mary Magdalene--not to mention Da Vinci and his works, along with other famous artists, scientists, etc. How does Brown figure his "facts" are more valid that the thousands of scholarly works which are in conflict with his book? Since many reviewers before me have pointed out specific contraditions of Brown's revelations, I won't do so again. I must say, however, that I am appalled that so many readers are so ready to be taken in by Brown's assertions that the things he writes are true. Many reviewers have written that their "eyes have been opened." Wait a minute here. Just about any author, film maker, TV executive--or man/woman on the street--knows that controversy sells, and sells BIG. Dan Brown certainly knows it. And he's getting rich while he trashes religion, distorts truths, tarnishes reputations and destroys faith. He's anti-Christian and wants all of us to join him. My advice: For Heaven's sake, don't be so gullible! Take this book with a grain of salt. If it makes you doubt your beliefs, find out the truth for yourself. Don't take Dan Brown's word on it.
Rating:
Summary: A fantastic read
Review: This book was a truely fantastic read, I wasn't able to put the book down till I actually finished, such is the gripping nature of it. Everything, is in such great detail, and every question that arose in my mind, while reading the book, was answered somewhere later in the text. The cryptic clues are not too obvious either, and the story line isn't predictable, which is the case with some books. I had mant thoughts crossing my mind while reading the text. This I believe is a clear indication that in this book you can maintain an interest, and it makes you keen to keep on reading.
All of the escape plans devised by devised by Sophie Neveu and Robert Langdon are pure genius, as was their escape when they were in the hangar just as they'd landed at Biggin Hill. Everytime you expect them to get cornered by the DCPJ, they find some way out!
The text also provides a lot of information for the reader which enables them to feel like their actually living the scenes in the book.
This is one of those books, that could make a blockbuster film in my opinion!
A definite must buy! You won't be able to put it down! Trust me!
Rating:
Summary: Waste of Money!!!!
Review: This book was a waste of an acre of trees! This book was fragmented, and a waste of reading. By the time you figure out why people are being killed you want to throw the book out! I returned the book after reading it twice, all the way to the end! The storyline stinks and if you want an EXCELLENT read, by something by Stephen King or Michael Crichton, even Anne Rice! Do NOT WASTE your money on this book!
| 
