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The Da Vinci Code

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I didn't like it. I lost interest about half way through and didn't finish. This is bad for a "thriller". I don't think it was well written or well constructed and the characters lacked interest. Only the subject matter was sensational.
 
ive read the book and can hardly wait for the movie i hope it is as good, and as far as angels and demons it is also very good . not the same story.
 
I heard its a good read...it's just too bad I don't read unless I'm studying from my textbook 8-)
 
Brijan said:
I thought it was a good book!

If you haven't read Angles & Demons, don't. Unless you want to read the same story again.
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I've heard someone say the opposite...(ie. read Angels and Demons, not the Code).

I'll read neither...even though I AM the "Renaissance Man"....mostly because I lack the time, although I sense that I would like it in the end. I tend to like good entertainment (especially popular entertainment) and then if anyone tells me I read crap or listen to crappy music, I show them my highly sophisticated philosophical books and classical music collection and tell them they're my favourites.

As for the movie...it's Tom Hanks! of course it's going to be "the best thing since Brokeback Mountain" lol. I'm guessing it's not going to be another "Tom Hanks doesn't say much, but acts really well" movie like Cast Away where most of the dialogue...oppps, monologue...consists of "Wilson!!! Wilson!!!" and The Terminal, where his character can't speak English...
 
I read the DVC whilst sitting on the throne. It's all behind me now. And I'm re-reading Trollope.
 
RenaissanceMan said:
I've heard someone say the opposite...(ie. read Angels and Demons, not the Code).
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I think what I said was mis-interpreted.

What I really meant was the two stories are essentially the same. If you've read one, for all intents and purposes you've read both.
I only liked The Da Vinci Code more because I read it first, it was still novel to me.

I'm sure if I read Angles and Demons first I would have liked it more.
 
greaves said:
I read the DVC whilst sitting on the throne. It's all behind me now. And I'm re-reading Trollope.
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A fitting ending.
Give me Trollope any day. Shall read and re-read til the day I drop!
 
"The best way to get a good nights sleep is to go to bed with a Trollope."

Harold Macmillan.
 
I read this book some time ago and while normally this is not the type of book I would read, I have to admit that I very much enjoyed it.

To me it was a novel, it was a fictional story about a theory that is out there and has been out there for some time. Last time I looked at the book, it was classified as fiction. What amazed me and made me wonder if there was not some truth in there, no matter how slight, was the fact that the vatican actually published a book to disprove this one. Now has this been written as a non-fiction book, I would have said, ok they have a reason, but to argue the merits of a fictional story to me says, hey guys go back and read it again, maybe there is some truth in there that they dont want us to find.
 
I can't believe it has taken you a week to get to chapter 36!!!

When i read it, i didn't put it down until about 7-9 hours after i picked it up. This book is really addicting.
 
I thought it was a fun read and totally addictive even though after the fact you realize how silly and contrived the whole thing is. I still enjoyed reading Angels and Demons afterwards though.
 
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
 
I *heard* (and thus my argument stops here) that the book said that the 'woman' in Da Vinci's "Last Supper" is Mary Magdalene. It's actually James, Jesus's 'brother.' James is always portrayed with womanly features in art in that era.

I mean, there is distinction between fact and fiction, but putting things like that on a novel makes the author seem so much less researched.
 
I like when fiction is fiction...not misconstrued fiction about really specific facts...
 
So I went to the website...and found Da Vinci's reverse handwriting...brings back the days when I wrote entire books in reverse...lol...probably explains my screenname yet again.
 
I thought it was just an OK "read". I thought it was all a bit far fetched, particularly when you consider all the action occurred in a 24 hour period. Really, has Mr Brown never caught a taxi in London and tried to go somewhere? The timeframe just makes everything too unbelievable. The premise that Jesus had a wife and family is not new. Rumours have been around for eons that the family is alive and well and living in the south of France.
 
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