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The Da Vinci Code- my review

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Sharpy
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Just read the book. It was quite good. I enjoyed the first half a lot more than the second half. I found i nthe beginning the information was much more interesting. I didn't find the story line that compelling, just the theology. The ending was too abrupt, I wanted more information regarding the family and the Grail. Mostly the family and how it all fits into the Priory of Sion. I would recommend it, but I think it mostly just opened my eyes to further reading I can do into secret societies, religion, and their histories; two topics i find interesting.
Nov 29 2004 10:30PM
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SaraJ
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Just as a side note to keep in mind, the book is fictional or for lack of a better word, an opinion.

Take that statement as you will, I don't want to argue about it.

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Nov 29 2004 11:19PM
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Sharpy
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it's fictual, but like many books, there is fact within it.
Nov 30 2004 8:16AM
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DirtyMick
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if you liked that you should read 'Ishmael' by Daniel Quinn. its a really good book. opened my eyes to a lot of things.

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Nov 30 2004 8:28AM
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SMAASHP
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I thought the da vinci code was real good. However, i enjoyed Angels and Demons more which is written by the same author and takes place before the Da Vinvi Code. Highly reccomended




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Nov 30 2004 10:02AM
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Crock360
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I loved both Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code, but the first one was better in my opinion.
I also have read Ishmael...i hated it. I dont know why, but I thought it was really bad.



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Nov 30 2004 2:25PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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^a little more. It's all about the illuminati.

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Nov 30 2004 3:30PM
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St.Steezy
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Angel & Demons and Davinci Code were both tight books. I liked how they included fact into a fictional book. Quite an interesting read.




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Nov 30 2004 11:33PM
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180iwish
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yah good books usually do that take jurrasic park like how the hell did he make that seem so possible? same with a bunch of other books by michael critchon?(sp)
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Dec 1 2004 12:09AM
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ThisAngelicRage
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I read that they're doing a film now. I hope the film doesn't generate as many psuedo-intellectuals as the book did...




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Dec 1 2004 12:51AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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^tom hanks is gonna be the main guy.

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Dec 1 2004 5:10AM
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ThisAngelicRage
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yeah that surprised me. when I read the book all I could imagine was that bond guy doing it.




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Dec 1 2004 7:11AM
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FortSkier
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harry potter is gay

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Dec 1 2004 10:01AM
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sconniestyle
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i had the same thoughts about the langdon character, but after i heard hanks was set to play him, i was pumped because tom hanks is gritty enough for the action scenes, and smart enough to play an intellectual. plus, he is a bomb ass actor.
ps i like angels and demons better as well, and the historical stuff in that has to do with the old roman catholic church and the illumaniti. good stuff.



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Dec 1 2004 11:53AM
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dylhole
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angels and demons was off the hook.
another book i realy liked, (alot different than Dan Brown's books though) was Selby's Last Exit to Brooklyn. its pretty fucked up...
Dec 1 2004 7:07PM
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ThisAngelicRage
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^selby is great for people who want to kill themselves.




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Dec 1 2004 7:10PM
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december
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whoa i just saw a 'picture' version of the da vinci code. it's just the normal book but with PICTURES!



Dec 1 2004 8:54PM
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sconniestyle
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yeah, i also have deception point and digital fortress. in order, i like them angels, davinci, deception, digital. deception point is about an amazing nasa find of alien life forms, and digital fortress is about the nsa and an unbreakable code. you can get them for like 8 bucks us at walmart. well worth it.



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Dec 2 2004 2:22PM
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T.L.
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the movie is supposed to come out like may 19th 2006 or somthin

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Dec 2 2004 4:01PM
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ThisAngelicRage
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I read deception point, and digital fortress is in the mail... I paid 15$ for it so it better be good




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Dec 2 2004 4:18PM
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CanadianSkiGod
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This post ruins the story for those who haven't read the book.

The Da Vinci code, actually, is a pretty bad novel. Not in the sense that it doesen't grab you and compels you to read the rest, it does, I read it and felt that way. More in the sense that Dan Brown is kind of an idiot. It was obvious that not all of the things were true, but I expected at least the 'fact' page to be true. It isn't. Much of the book is based on lies, which really dissapointed me and ruined the book for me after I had read it.

For example, the Priory of Sion never did exist. It was actually a frenchman in the 50s who created it and planted false evidence in the Bibliothèque nationale, a parchment claiming it had existed for hundreds of years. The man's name was Plantard, and he claimed to be himself a descendent of Jesus. He was anti-semitist, and wildly supported Hitler. Dan Brown actually used his name as one of the two families that were descendants of Jesus... So it's kind of a bad start. I don't really feel like listing all of the lies, but it's disturbing that Dan Brown would base his book on a society created by an anti-semitist. It's impossible he didn't know after the amount of research he probably did.

Sure, he has a great style, his other books are probably good (if he doesen't lie), but it's all false. I was hoping part of it would be true.
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Dec 3 2004 8:53PM
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pmo1210
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^I had the same feelings as you. I was really hooked to the book and finished reading it in a day, i read non-stop till 1 in the morning. He seemed to set up the story well, but once he started getting into a lot more factual stuff, he was just putting in little known theories, that he made important. I am looking forward to see this as a movie, i think by taking out alot of the factual stuff will make the movie flow better.
Dec 4 2004 10:48PM
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sunvalleyskibum
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i agree with what ThisAngelicRage said about the psudo-intellecual trend this has started...it actually seemed like the book was trying really hard to be like a hip, foreign film with subtitles.





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Dec 4 2004 11:00PM
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agentorange
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what is ishmael about?
Dec 4 2004 11:26PM
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EastCoastPride
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it would be dope if somebody made a book with subtitles. i read digital fortress like a billiondy years ago. which makes me that much better than everyone else... no? it doesn't? okay. sorry. it was good. i think. don't remember. something about the number 3?


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Dec 5 2004 11:55AM
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Sharpy
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yeah, it really was a pop-culture history book. Remindedm e of a hollywood historical fiction movie.
Dec 5 2004 1:51PM
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wrenegade
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digital fortress and deception point are both great books too. angels and demons was my favourite of the 4 however.







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Dec 6 2004 12:18AM
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ECFS-Attitash
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alright, first off the man is extremely smart. i know he and his wife and they are so well read is incredible. he writes these books to entertain people and uses whatever fragments of history he can find to make it more engrossing. i dont think anyone should take what is said in a work declared fictional as the truth. it's nice to believe that while you are reading it, but that's all it is. also, he used the names of various organizations, but changed their roles...so what...its better than pretty much any novel in the pop fiction genre.
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Dec 6 2004 2:41AM
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KootenayGuy
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as for the stuff about magdalene and jesus, and that whole conspiracey and possibly the templar...that stuff is in other books too, so while some stuff may be may up, other stuff is from other books. The only one i can remember right now is The Pagan Christ, and i forget the author
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Dec 6 2004 7:09PM
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McStooge
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i'm thinking of buying DaVinci for my mom for xmas...good idea/bad idea?
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Dec 7 2004 4:34PM
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KootenayGuy
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its an incredible book, just make sure shes not a devout christian

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Dec 7 2004 8:25PM
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