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Summary: Pathetic
Review: This novel reminds me of a cheap, low production TV mini-series. Distill out the historical data and references and print them in a pamphlet of probably 10 pages. The rest of the book: characters, story line, writing style, use of vocabulary is absolutely pathetic. It's written at the level of an 8th grader. Well, if Mr. Brown is writing for the masses, than at least he has this point right on; seeing how the average reading ability in the U.S rivals that of an 8th grader. Overall, don't waste your time.
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Summary: Page-Turner Delight!
Review: This novel totally captivated me. From the moment I unwrapped it after ordering it from Amazon.com, I was sucked into the story. It is a relentlessly well-told story. I read the first 25 pages standing up in the kitchen, before moving to the living room where I was held hostage by this gripping tale. I was just in the mood for a good, plot-driven book. And this novel delivers. Certainly do yourself a favor and buy this book! Also highly recommended: East Of Eden by Steinbeck, The Losers' Club by Richard Perez
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Summary: Murder, Mysticism and a modicum of Mathematics
Review: This novel uses a conventional thriller/murder mystery as a backdrop to explore the roots of Gnosticism that evolved into modern Christianity. But you don't have to be interested in religion to enjoy this book. As the story unfolds, the reader is invited to solve several riddles that on the surface may appear impenetrable. Yet once explained, the answers seem almost obvious. Mr. Brown uses several traditional methods, including letter transpositions and mathematical series. But even the most seasoned code-breaker will not be disappointed. Each riddle links perfectly to the next and carries the plot to a surprising but logical conclusion. No Hitchcock MacGuffin here. Underneath the mystery and conundrum lies an intriguing commentary on the emergence of one of the world's dominant religions. True believers will consider this book to be more heresy. Feminists will see an ally. The truth is that it can be read on several different levels and interpreted in a number of ways, all of them enagaging even if you disagree with the author's views. Read this book if you like murder mysteries, word or math puzzles, have an open mind about the roots of religious beliefs and like strong female protagonists.
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Summary: A plot with a roller-coaster effect!
Review: This novel was phenomenal! The plot was believable and the characters were great. Dan Brown takes you on a journey through time and codes, art and history, to reveal lost secrets of Da Vinci and the Holy Grail. This book has more excitement than you can shake a stick at, and you won't be able to put it down, I guarantee it!
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Summary: Code will make you smile (no pun intended)
Review: This novel was really really good. This novel was good on 2 levels. First this was an excellent adventure novel. I liked the action with Langdon and Newvel. I also liked how they got along together. Secondly it was a first rate mystery novel. I consider myself a little bit of a mystery buff and this novel was tops in that catagory. Third this novel was almost like a history book. I've always been a history buff. From Adam and Eve to King Tut to Johnny Appleseed and all the men and women in between I love them all. This novel made history more interesting than normal. Alot of the history in this novel was unknown to me. I don't know if I missed some of it in school or just didn't get to that stuff, but this novel taught me alot of history and I thought I already knew it all. Oh well live and learn. I'd like to know if Mr. Dan Brown has a background in history. Maybe a Professor. I guess any novel of any type of genre should teach you something.
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Summary: As my Scottish friends say...Tha's brillian'!
Review: This novel was wonderful. I read it in two days and would have read it in 1 if I didn't leave all my Christmas shopping to the last minute. The mystery is hidden in codes and riddles and I LOVE that sort of thing. They enable twists and turns I never saw coming and when I think I know which direction we are going in we take a 180. And that is how excellent writing should be. I also love the delving into an ancient real-life secret society and into the history of Christianity and of the basis of our current moral code. It definitely opened my mind about some things while at the same time helped me confirm the inklings of my own intuition. There is a tremendous build-up and one may say that the novel runs out of gas (hardly), but I think it unfolds brilliantly, leaving it up to the reader to decide what the character does after the mystery is solved.
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Summary: Intrigueng, convoluted, and thought provoking.
Review: This one kept me going as few others have of late. A very unexpected pleasure to read.
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Summary: the davinci code Dan Broew
Review: THis pdf file DID NOT WORK FOR ME IT WONT PRINT OR READ ITSELFWORTHLESS
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Summary: A vicious and worthless book
Review: This proves again that insulting and falsifying Christianity is big business, and that asnti-Christianity is one form of politically-acceptable bigotry. Funny, no-one writes books insulting Islam for some reason. Christianity doesn't need me to defend it, but I'm offended that this book is being passed off as some sort of insight into history and theology when it is neither. It is garbage for the gulliable, or more precisely, for the half-educated and those who passed through school and university after history and theology ceased being taught there. To quote another reviewer: "Same old lies. Hardly any of this background is original. Most of it is derived from the fantasy-disguised-as-history work 'Holy blood, Holy Grail,' and the rest is cobbled from other bits of well-worn and risible muggests of esoteric and Gnostic conspiracy theories." The Catholic Church is shown as brutal, repressive and murderous. I am not a Catholic, so I have no particular reason to take offense, except that all this untruth should be offensive to anyone, and I feel angry on behalf of the many good Catholics I know. Its attitude to Catholicism and Christianity is simply vicious bigotry. Among the ludicrous historical errors presented as part of the factual back-ground are the alleged facts that the Divinity of Christ was invented by the Roman Emperor Constantine, and voted on at the Council of Nicea. There is a claim the Church killed five million accused witches during the medieval period. This is also utterly, ludicrously false. This is a frankly degenerate work - it is not even well-written as a suspense thriller - aiming to exploit the gulliability of the modern half-educated and its success is a depressing comment on the state of our civilization.
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Summary: The Da Vinci Scam
Review: This review contains a spoiler. First of all no art scholar would refer to Leonardo as Da Vinci. Secondly, Leonardo painted St. John in the same effeminate manner in another portrait. No conspiracy there. Dan Brown is pulling our collective leg and getting rich doing it. I am amazed at the praise this amateurish novel is getting. Are people so anxious to defame the Catholic church that they will lower their standards to such a level? Next thing you know the Hardy Boys will be exhuming Martin Luther and Nancy Drew will be translating the Koran.
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