The Da Vinci Code

[Jeremy]

Found it a yawn. It was about as satisfying as 2 minute noodles eaten cold. I can't understand why people rave about it.

[Kirsty]

i loved it, but then i'm easily pleased lol... I agree that the writing isn't great... but I still couldn't put it down!

[Megan]

I thought it was ok. Certainly nothing deserving of all the spectacle.

I think people try to read more into it than it warrants.

[Tom]

Dreadfully bad book. I'm no Harvard professor of Religious Iconographic Symbolismology or anything, but even I could figure out some of those puzzles without having to think too hard or long.

[Leigh]

Whew! What a potboiler! Yuck!

[Tom]

Let's not insult potboilers by comparing them to this DA VINCI CODE thing. A good solid potboiler is a fine and noble thing, which DA VINCI CODE is certainly not.

[Abigail (42stitches)]

That's funny. I never would have thought the audio for Da Vinci Code would would be interesting. I also disliked the book. But I don't like mysteries much. I'm was also a studio art major, so I took a lot art history classes, and the works he uses are so over-scrutinized, I was annoyed. I also dislike romance, so the end was a let down.

The only redeeming factor was the car chase in the movie. That was pretty slick. And that some one else paid for my ticket.

To conclude, I will quote my favorite art history professor..."And you know, His name is Leonardo!! Da Vinci where he came from..."

She was pissed off for a minute. It was amusing.

[Emma]

I didn't hate the book but I certainly don't get what the big fuss was about either. It seemed very like a mediocre blockbuster movie crammed into book form because its author couldn't sell it as a screenplay. The religious history was yawn-worthy, though I read a good deal of JW literature as a kid, which could explain why it was so familiar to me. The plot was too fast paced for its own good - the main characters didn't eat or sleep for about 3 days and yet never mentioned the fact.

I read it quickly but I felt kind of guilty afterwards, like I had gorged myself on junk food.

[Kim]

I failed to see the big deal and why the Catholic church was is such an up-roar (gee, think the book did well due to contraversey? hmmmmm?) It was just papblum for the masses and the movie is just as bad. UGH! Definately on my list of books I'm sorry I read.

[Emily]

Eh.
I don't get what the big deal is. I mean, it's a mediocre piece of "historical" fiction. I don't see why everyone freaked out and boycotted the movie. It's just fiction, and not even great fiction at that.

[Tara]

That book was plain awful. I'll never get the image of Robert Langdon thinking he solved the puzzle, running down the stairs, stopping just before he gets off the stairs (to which, for some reason, he would not have been able to return again), miraculously realizing he misinterpreted a clue (but having no reason to think that way except his first idea was completely stupid), and running back to think again out of my head. Well if that isn't some luck, eh? With that kind of luck, I could point the barrel of a gun at my chest and come out with only blanks. Every time.

Then it was predictable and not well written. It was a chore to get through that book. The sin lies not in reading that book, but in recommending it to others. To inflict that pain upon others is most grievous.

[Mary Ellen]

I believe someone already posted this on this thread, but it bears repeating. An explication of the opening paragraph of The DaVinci code that focuses on how truly terrible the writing is:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langua...

[Sandi]

Mary wrote: "I believe someone already posted this on this thread, but it bears repeating. An explication of the opening paragraph of The DaVinci code that focuses on how truly terrible the writing is:

http://..."

That post is spot on. No wonder I couldn't make it through the first few pages.

[Reid]

Horrible- just horrible.

[Esther]

Mary wrote: "I believe someone already posted this on this thread, but it bears repeating. An explication of the opening paragraph of The DaVinci code that focuses on how truly terrible the writing is:

http://..."

That article brought me to tears of laughter. Excellent.

[[deleted user]]

I didn't hate it because I kind of like suspense novels, but I closed my eyes fast and determined on its many many MANY shortcomings and faults. Anyway I got done with it and it was just ok. Then I read Angels & Demons. Now THAT was a mistake. After that I read Digital Fortress which was a worse mistake! Luckily I skipped Deception Point. At last I made my crowning mistake and read The Lost Symbol. It's one of the silliest books with the silliest plots you can ever dream of! ABSOLUTELY no recommendation!

[Jojobean]

I loved it and I love Dan Brown. I agree tho that I didn't understand why the catholic church was in a uproar and I'm Catholic!