only read the first few chapters, thats all i could stand. its meant to be really good n controversial n shit but to me its boring

I love this book, although i am hesistant about its “facts.” Dan Brown is an amazing fiction writer, and I love his little puzzles in the book, and how it seems so realistic. His puzzles are so obvious, so surface-like, and linked to history, and yet very challenging. The puzzle involving Newton is my favorite. Dan Brown made this book seems real, he made people into believing it is non-fiction (I regret for believing it was factual too), and that is the brillance of his storytelling.

This book is definitely worth reading. It is a real page turner, and it got me addicted. I didn’t slept a whole night because I was reading it despite my tiredness which was really killing me. Many critics commented that this book thwarted history in the most impossible method. There ARE some truth in the book, such as the Star of David, the PHI, and the origins of playing cards. I am unsure about the whole intimate affliation between Mary Magdalene and Jesus, the veracity of Priory of Scion, and the whole thing with Newton Issac and other popular figures being part of the society mentioned in the book. I think I belong to the skeptic wing. However, it was a beautiful read, and I love how Dan Brown managed to pull together popular figures, Da Vinci’s arts, eminent places, and coalesced them with secrets and puzzles that he made up. And that, i give him credit, and i recommend everyone to read this book.

Overall it was a good read, up until the end when it became all cheese. I don’t want to ruin for those who haven’t read it or what have you, but I was very disappointed by the ending. It could have been better…less sappiness would have been nice.

Thankfully the movie didn’t go that route!

Well I cheated and saw the movie first. My friend took me with her.. I kinda went against my Uncle and saw it. Since my family is Babtist .. they have been against this book and movie the whole time. I just think of it as a really great mystery, which it is.

Anyways, soo after seeing the movie I didn’t understand everything like I wanted. So here I am reading the book so I can understand it better.

Lets hope I can finish in less than a month. I will be extremely busy this and next month , wont have too much time to read. We’ll see.

Not quite a review, just my musings, yea.

From a majorly secular point of view -

Actually found the pacing of the first three-quarters of the book rather slow, perhaps because it’s been quite a awhile since I’ve last read the thrillers I loved (would rec. Michael Crichton’s “The Timeline” to all friends).

That said, I must say I was pleasantly amused by the last (and more exciting, to me at least) quarter, esp. where the rather adorable leading pair Langdon & Nevue, solve the final clue together, the baddie is revealed, and the read ends with a lovely ending. Brilliant closure, I thought.

I guess, one reason why I’m amused by the reads, is because of its reference to the rather intriguing study of cryptology (incl. cryptanalysis) as well as the reference to older & much-loved art over the centuries. I remember how reading Michael Crichton’s “The Timeline” had got me interested in quantum physics after the read. Cryptology sounds pretty interesting now, hmm..

Wishes all, Minerva

p.s.Incidentally, I picked up an old reading from “The Futurist,” ‘Faith for the Future: Updating Religious Paradigms for the Infotech Future’ by Don C. Davis yest.

Some agreeable notions, esp. the pivotal concern of a ‘partnership’ between the sciences and religious faith aimed at the betterment of humanity. Interesting read, yes.