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Re: Da Vinci Code
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Haha, definitely. I myself like to trawl banned lists to find books to read sometimes.JaCo wrote:Most of the best seller books are on the banned list. Something about being banned make the book a good reader!
On the topic though; I didn't find Da Vinci code to be a very, I don't really know what word to use so let's go with, convincing story. A lot of the logic jumps that solved the "ancient riddles" were either absurdly simple or just nonsensical, and a lot of the information is patently false, so that grated on me the whole book!
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This patently false information is what has so inflamed many. I think it has also helped the book sell millions more than it would normally have done. Frankly I can't tolerate the story that only men were involved in these times of historical significance. I am not saying that Mary was more, or that it is Mary in The Last Supper simply because the cleaning has revealed someone who looks very female. The dress back then was so unisex that it is hard to tell.Cerxi wrote:Haha, definitely. I myself like to trawl banned lists to find books to read sometimes.JaCo wrote:Most of the best seller books are on the banned list. Something about being banned make the book a good reader!
On the topic though; I didn't find Da Vinci code to be a very, I don't really know what word to use so let's go with, convincing story. A lot of the logic jumps that solved the "ancient riddles" were either absurdly simple or just nonsensical, and a lot of the information is patently false, so that grated on me the whole book!
It was a good story, but I did not like the sequel at all. And I think my viewpoint is somewhat tainted by the choice of actors to play the part. Really, Tom Hanks?!!!
There have been many, many stories about various reads on these times and what "really" happened. I love history so much that I majored in it at college, and have read so many wonderful books portraying various versions of what really happened. But something I know about what is deemed real history is that it is based on someone else's viewpoint, even backed up by physical findings. That can be very biased.
And fiction, well that is just made up and loosely based on stories or fantasies of the author. Although someday, when we are either alive or long after, they may find some fo these fantasies to be true. Look at Troy?
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volcno-grl wrote:I totally agree. Its amazing how many great authors there are and nobody knows about them...then theres Dan Brown and just because his subject is controversial he is on the best seller list. he is ok don't get me wrong its just the more i read the more i realize that he really isn't as great as some people say
I love all of Dan Browns books. Da Vincible Code was the first I read and I thought they got better with each one that I read. His books that didn't get the hyper this one did were better.
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I have to admit when I first read it I believed everything Dan Brown had written- secret societies, Mary Magdalene, symbolism in Da Vinci's paintings...the whole lot of it and actually it quite scared me. I started thinking that everything that we've ever been taught has some dark hidden meaning behind it. Then I remembered that it was just a book. A book offering to reveal the truth about some hidden secret. Everyone loves to be in on a secret- we all want to know the truth. Dan Brown used this to get readers and he damn well succeeded because there has been a big hype about it ever since.Skydrake wrote:I read the book a few years ago when there was so much hype surrounding it. As a fictional book, I thought it was okay. Not great. Just okay. At the time I was surprised at the number of people that were viewing it as historical fact or feeling that Dan Brown was offering it as historical fact. It was even discussed in my Pastor's message at the church I was attending at the time. I wanted to shout "Doesn't anyone know what fiction means?" They weren't looking at it as fiction, so others wouldn't be able to. Maybe that inability, in itself, is why so many found it controversial and rocketed it to a bestseller list.
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although I'm agree this ebook written very well.
Brown take opportunity from grey area and get profit from soft controversial.
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I am one who did find the DaVinci Code the most thrilling/exciting read that I had experienced in quite awhile,when I read it maybe a year after it came out... so around 2010,but as I was reading it with it being totally fiction in my mind,I missed the points you say it makes about religion and Christianity. Since recently becoming an ex-Christian,you have now made me want to read the DaVinci Code again,to see if I also catch that bit of history,which I would totally agree with,BTW, but probably ignored that info when I read it as a Christian,LOL!ouzal wrote:May be this book is not as thrilling as many of Dan Brown's other books, but I don't think it should be considered as an overrated book at least for one reason : the amazing mind blowing facts he exposes about Christianity and the way this religion was set up to fit with the pagan beliefs at the era of the emperor Constantine.
Thank you for pointing this out,as I am now quite excited about having another good time with this very good book.Believe I will now also read Angels & Demons, as it was an excellent film.
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this is definitely a paradigm shifting book, I'm glad my review of it was this useful to you,booklvr62 wrote: Since recently becoming an ex-Christian,you have now made me want to read the DaVinci Code again,to see if I also catch that bit of history,which I would totally agree with,BTW, but probably ignored that info when I read it as a Christian