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Summary: Why do people want to believe that fiction is fact?
Review: This book, which "everybody" is reading, is truly fiction and not good fiction at that. The author unites fact with semi-fact with fiction to give gullible people a sense that what he writes is all true. Wrong. I mean, really: "Amon-Isis" = "Mona Lisa"? Please. The omelette begins with what, for some reason, "everybody" thinks is sinister: the Pope, the Vatican and Opus Dei. (Yes, OD really exists but is mostly made up of toothless old men less functional that the Knights of Columbus.) Read Perez-Reverte ("Seville Communion") or countless other fictional treatments of the Vatican "secret police" for better entertainment. Add the myth that keeps coming back, the Holy Grail, and stir in another secret society (that which protects the Grail = descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene) and you have what seems to be a plausible story. It ain't, folks: it's fiction. Read it that way and enjoy it that way. But DVC is no more authoritative than "Harry Potter," no matter how much you want to believe it.
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Summary: Could not put book down
Review: This books is a real page turner. Perhaps a little too intense in some parts, but it will keep you on the edge of your seat. This book is unlike any other. You will learn a lot while you are being entertained!I also recommend Christmas Gifts, Christmas Voices. (See my Amazon review of book.)
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Summary: Amazing Rubbish!
Review: This books start out very well but truly disintegrates in the end. Sloppy, poorly believable plot and no story. The very end is a mess. Avoid this book.
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Summary: Don't Believe the Hype
Review: This could have been a really great read. The premise is fascinating-- a centuries old mystery and conspiracy come to light in the modern world. Unfortunately, the writing is so disappointing. The writer never met a cliche he didnt like. The characters are wooden (the reluctant professor, the feminine but strong young woman, the evil conspirator, etc). In addition, the writer, so confident of his own cleverness, uses the same puzzles over and over again. There is some interesting word play, as the characters solve a puzzle left for them by the enigmatic dead man. But the writer makes use of the same puzzles in repitition until the reader is skimming pages quickly to get to the next new revelation.
In some senses this book is a page turner-- because the premise is engaging, the reader does want to know the answers. Its just that the ride along the way is so annoying, and the characterizations are so rushed.
One final problem with this book is the number of art history errors it contains! For example, a Da Vinci painting which dramatically "bends" around the body of one character is actually painted on wood! A good researcher would never have made this mistake. There are legions of these little errors, which art historians have gleefully pointed out in many newspaper articles since this book's publication.
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Summary: Brown
Review: This country needs educated people now more than ever! Please, people. The man is laughing at this argument - the supposed facts of this book people are taking so literally simply are not true. Do some research please! Forget about religion for a moment, History is being lost. I think the passion and frustration of this debate stems from the irrational fear that the author's claims cannot be disproven. You don't need to go far to do so. Look up the history of the Olympic symbol. Do some superficial research into the origins of Paris. Find some articles that recount the activities of the Priory of Sion in the 20th century. Research cathedral architecture. These are historical issues that everyone should care about and quite simply the accounts given in this book are not incomplete they are overwhelmingly False. This is not a matter for debate. It is not opinion. Does anyone read anything besides pop novels? Did anyone see the program on abc at least? Is this the twilight zone? Wanting it to be true does not make it so. IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Truth = an accurate report. Don't be such easy prey! World history is being blurred and revised and erased. With it goes our hopes of finding real solutions for our current problems.
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Summary: Learn to Write
Review: This editors / publishers of this book should be ashamed of themselves. The pointlessly long book is in drastic need of editing and the author should take a course in English composition so he can write chapters longer than 1 page and distance himself from the "stunning", "frozen", "wrenching" school of writing, a sure sign of laziness on the part of an author unable to forge his own style.
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Summary: Catholics: this book will open your eyes!
Review: This exposes truths the vatican wants to hide.
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Summary: great ride
Review: This fast pace novel will keep you going to the end. Its one of those novels that you don't know who to trust as everyone has their own secret agenda. I can't wait to go back and read his earlier works.
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Summary: Ruined
Review: This fine book was ruined for me from the first. Dan Brown should have been told that Da Vinci is not a part of Leonardo's name, but only signifies his city of origin. To refer to Leonardo simply as Da Vinci is a serious misnomer which succeeded in spoiling the story for me.
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Summary: Read Angels and Demons first!
Review: This guy knows his stuff, this is my second book about Robert Langdon, Angels and Demons was first. I loved it! Dan Brown is the writer of the moment! I could not put down the first or the second!
Read it!
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