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The Da Vinci Code

I read this one, its a short read. The author did something right at the beginning that tainted the book for me. He described the protagonist by invoking the name of a hollywood actor. Not only that, he did very cheesily. Basically, the protagonist looks like Harrison Ford as an egghead college prof.

Its an entertaining read, just not good literature. I suppose the whole templar/mary magdeline/sion thing might be intrigueing to christians and hence the books' popularity. Yes, it is slightly heretical I suppose but its a guilty indulgence for them probably.
 
If you like Micheal Crighton (bad spelling?) then you will probably like this book. They, in my opinion, both write Hollywoodish action novels.

I did enjoy both of Brown's books.
 
Upchurch said:
I enjoyed the book and didn't get that it was predictable at all. But then, I read the book over only a couple of days, so I never really had time to stop and think ahead.
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Is "the da vinci code" a christian book, i.e a book that promotes christianity, by adding angels, miracles or the like?
 
No, it is not a Christian book. It using some of the parts of Christian history as part of a mystery plot.

There are some churches that are quite upset at some of the conclusions assumed in the book.

It is still a silly book.
 
There's a session at a conference I'm going to which claims they will address how much value this book has as a work of literature and how it will aid children's literacy in upper secondary.... should I go and pick up a pamphlet so I can tell you their claims? :rolleyes:
 
Wow! I wonder if I should bring that to the session... although I'm not that interested in hearing someone waffle about how it's better than other texts on offer that we teach... thanks for the link Zakur!
 
zakur said:
Brown's Digital Fortress, however, is a steaming pile of crap.
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Thank you! Not only is he wildly inaccurate with his computer/technical details, he also seems to think that there's absolutely nothing wrong with the government reading all your private communication. Anyone who demonizes the EFF is an idiot.
 
Nasarius said:


Anyone who demonizes the EFF is an idiot.
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The EFF is partly composed of shrill reactionaries who don't retract when their extreme forecasts of abuse don't pan out.

The EFF isn't the group of saints fighting on our behalf that tech sites like slashdot would make them out to be.

Here's your sign, stupid.
 
My take on the Da Vinci Code: it's an ideal book for a trans-atlantic flight -- unless you're flying to the US West coast from Europe. It's light reading, it has short chapters so you can easily stop for a snack or a meal, and it grabs you initially, well enough to take you most of the way to Boston or New York, but if you read it until San Francisco or L.A., you'll get to the boring and predictable bits.

One warning, though: if it bothers you that fiction writers play fast and loose with historical facts, prepare to be bothered. I don't have deep historical knowledge of Christianity or Christian churches, but even I could spot some mistakes (like the claim that the Catholic church burned 5 million women as witches).
 
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