The Da Vinci Code...

I forced myself to read the first 50 pages and just couldn't get into it. Brown used too many annoying devices in the novel. Though I didn't like the book, I did think the premise was brilliant. What grated me most was that he said in interview after interview how his book was based on research and fact. He lifted the premise from a nonfiction book, Holy Blood Holy Grail. The authors finally confessed that it was all made up. I preferred watching the shows on Discovery Channel that debunked the "facts" in The Da Vinci Code, and also reading a biography on Leonardo Da Vinci. Don't get me wrong, I started reading the book as fiction. I didn't question the accuracy. I like books to carry me away. But when Brown became so insistent that the novel was based on fact, I was really turned off. I won't be picking up any of his other books.

I LOVED this book! Too many people took it literally - it is a work of fiction based on fact. But some of the facts are debatable. Brown cites another book as a reference - Holy Blood, Holy Grail. This does claim to be factual and indeed there is no reason to doubt that most of it is true. I don't see what all the kerfuffle was about. Even if we believe that Jesus was the Son of God, yet a man - why couldn't he have a relationship - he was human. I remember when the rock opera Jesus Christ, Superstar came out there was a huge kerfuffle - my mother took me to see it and I remember telling my teacher at school - a nun - that the show implied there was a definite romantic relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and she asked me why that would worry me. And why couldn't it be possible. It was the first time I saw Jesus as a human entity as well as the son of God.

As apiece of literature its not a great piece of writing, but then Tolkien is regarded in a similar light by the powers that be, but like Tolkien, Bown is a great story teller. This book should be read as fiction, there are many ideas here that have been gleaned from other works, both popular and historical but these ideas can only be viewed as interesting theories, although the Vaticans over reaction to the book might just hint at the fact that they know something that we dont.

Interesting book, it motivated me to read more about religion. i also bought the book that inspired dan Brown to write DAC, though I found the book boring and it is still waiting on a shelf.

when i first read that book i sometimes or always look in the encyclodepia for better understanding on what he is talking about. lol

It is very informative and gripping. I couldn't put the book down! My aunt even finished it off within 14 hours. But then again, you must not believe everything that you read. My History of Arts professor pointed out the fallacies in the book... something about the Holy Grail... that the person beside Jesus couldn't be Mary Magdalene, because women at their time do not dress the way men do. You could search that fact up over the internet, if i'm not convincing enough. ;)

I think it's a very good book. I enjoyed reading it. I think the research was good and interesting.

it is relly great. but i must study alot in order to see if it is only fiction or more.

on the whole ,its not too bad .this book is more interesting than movie. have u seen this movie?