The Da Vinci Code

[Ezme]

Hi, I just finished it and wondered what anyone else thought of it? I love it, even if you don't take it as strictly factual its a good story. What are peoples really opinion, not what was on the tony robinson documentary.
I think its really interesting, providing an alternate version of things and all the info about penticles and other symbology, usful for confusing people in my Philosophy class anyway!

[Kirobaito]

It's interesting, but a complete work of fiction. People need to understand that when they read it.

[Shoden]

its like the bible codes some things are true and interesting but its just fiction.

[Del Murder]

Good book, but not great. The twist was predictable and some of the writing was rather corny. The subject matter was very interesting.

[Miriel]

It's interesting, but a complete work of fiction. People need to understand that when they read it.

Exactly. It's that darn misleading preface in the beginning of the book that makes people think that even a fraction of the book is based in truth.

I thought the book was mediocre at best and toward the last chapters I was just itching for the thing to just END. All I wanted was to finish it so I could toss it aside and never look at it again.

*shrugs*

I didn't live up to the hype =/

[The Man]

I liked it. Also, yes, there are plenty of factual errors in it and it's unlikely that the Priory of Sion is anything more than an elaborate hoax, but from the research I've done, the farther back in time you go the more accurate it seems to get ;p

[TheAbominatrix]

There's a lot more proof about the Bible Code than about this book. A <i>lot</i> more. *watched a thing on the history channel about it the other day, is awesome*

I do like the ideas presented by The Da Vinci Code, fictional though they may be, but I couldnt read the book. It was terribly written. I couldnt get past the first chapter. I was confused for a moment, when I remember this was on the best seller list. Then I remembered it was <i>on the best seller list</i>, which is usually full of bad written claptrap.

Seriously though, I do like the ideas.

[eestlinc]

I thought it was a pretty good diversionary read for a few days. I really dislike organized religion so I was rather into to mythology of the book. The parts about Constantine and the construction of the Bible are basically true (as much as anyone can know after all this time).

It isn't well written in the way Faulkner is well written, but who the hell can sit down and read Faulkner is a couple days? The book servees its purpose very well.

[Yamaneko]

I rather read a good history book. In fact I'm doing that right now. The Da Vinci Code is nothing more than popular fiction.

I saw that show on the History Channel as well. I couldn't stand that lady that talked about the sacred feminine all the way through that show.

[TheAbominatrix]

Yeah, but Palahniuk is well written and his books can be read in a day or two. It really just has to do with an author's style, even sometimes when the book is the same size. Writers like Tolkein and Hunter Thompson, for example, have slower styles, not neccesarily more wordy, but just slower. They take longer to read.

I got the gist of the book from my boyfriend, and I loved the Constantine thing. I love the subject matter, but I'd rather deal with it without the little story in there, if that makes any sense.

[Rasputen]

Took me six hours to read it in the end, what a terrible book it was.
Seriously, is there really any need to finish every chapter with some stupidly contrived cliffhanger? Is there really any need to resort to the hackneyed English tally-ho lapsed aristocrat character that American thriller writers seem obsessed with? And can Dan Brown not write a chapter any longer than four pages?

I felt dropkicking it into a burning skip. Actually, scratch that, I felt like dropkicking Dan Brown into a burning skip.

[Silmaril]

The art and the history was good and all but the ending was sheer stupidity.

[Ezme]

Well, I liked it. I think its like anything else you will ever read. Take any news paper, you have to learn to be able to define truth from fiction or exagerated truth at that. When i have to time I'd like to do a bit of reasearch on it and find out how much is fact for myself rather than be told this and that but i just dont have to time at the moment.

[Rainecloud]

Far too predictable, but still moderately entertaining.

[m4tt]

Meh, I thought it was awesome. It normally takes me a week or two to finish a book. Only took me a few days because I couldn't put it down. Angels and Demons (the book before this one) was even better. I read that in one day of almost non stop reading.