Interesting plot, but not quite an entertaining thriller. It was too long or was it because this was a group read and we read a few chapters a day so it felt like forever. I enjoyed the movie better.

I borrowed three formats from my library. Audio, ebook, and this interesting edition "The Da Vinci Code special illustrated edition". It looks like the glossy hardcover type for your coffee table. The chapters match the actual book. It's less wordy and includes photographs of objects, paintings, and places which makes it more interesting.

Still, I'm happy I "read along" with Goodread folks, thanks Lisa!!

I thought I was going to hate this when I picked it up. I thought there was no way I was going to fall into the hysteria that happened years ago when this book came out. I didn’t exactly find myself in a frenzy but quickly found myself fifty pages in and interested in a hurry. It reads fast, with short chapters and a thriller pace. Maybe I should read more thrillers but I doubt they will fill the same urge. I enjoyed this book thoroughly but, in the end, I don’t know exactly what I came away with. It felt like a car commercial at times, written for the big screen and the characters were pretty weak, but the story did grip a cynic/atheist like me, so that’s something.

The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon #2), Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown.

It follows "symbologist" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene.

عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: «رمز داوینچی»؛ «راز داوینچی»؛ نویسنده: دن براون؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 2007میلادی

عنوان: رمز داوینچی؛ نویسنده: دن براون؛ مترجم: نوشین ریشهری؛ تهران، نگارینه، 1384، در 336ص؛ شابک 9647533764؛ چاپ سوم 1385؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 21م

عنوان: راز داوینچی؛ نویسنده: دن براون؛ مترجم: حسین شهرابی؛ سمیه گنجی؛ تهران، زهره، 1384، در 462ص؛ مصور؛ شابک 964570340؛ چاپ هفتم 1385؛ چاپ دیگر: تهران، علم آرین، 1384؛ در 462 ص؛ شابک 9649582541؛

عنوان: راز داوینچی؛ نویسنده: دن براون؛ مترجم: مریم بهرامی؛ تهران؛ بهزاد، 1385؛ در 571ص؛ شابک 9642569264؛

صهیون، نام خرابه های قلعه ای در «سوریه»، و نزدیک «لاذقیه» است، در زمان «اسکندر»، «فنیقیان»، چهارصد سال پیش از میلاد مسیح در آنجا مسکن گزیدند؛ در سال 1119میلادی، به تصرف «صلیبیون مسیحی» درآمد، سپس «صلاح الدین ایوبی»، در سال 1188میلادی، آنجا را فتح کرد؛ همچنین کوهی است، در جنوبغربی «اورشلیم (بیت المقدس)» که معبد را روی آن بنا کرده اند، و در آن «مسجد الاقصی» و «قبه ی صخره» است؛ گاهی «بیت المقدس» را به این نام خوانند؛ از فرهنگ معین

کتاب «رمز داوینچی» ترجمه خانم «نوشین ریشهری»، با پاراگراف بالا آغاز شده، «رابرت لانگدون»، سمبل شناس و استاد دانشگاه «هاروارد»، و «سوفی نی وو» نقش آفرینان رخدادها هستند، دل انگیز بود، کتاب با نام «راز داوینچی» و با ترجمه جناب «حسین شهرابی» و بانو «سمیه گنجی» در انتشارات زهره، و با ترجمه بانو «مریم بهرامی»، در نشر بهزاد، نیز منتشر شده است

ماجرای داستان به یک تئوری ویژه، درباره ی تاریخ «مسیحیت» برمی‌گردد، که پیش از این کتاب نیز، در موردش نوشته هایی نگاشته شده، و تاریخ‌دانانی با آن موافق هستند؛ کتاب «خون مقدس، جام مقدس»، منبع اصلی «براون»، برای این تئوری‌ها بوده ‌اند؛ طبق این تئوری، «عیسی مسیح» با «مریم مجدلیه» ازدواج کرده‌؛ و صاحب فرزند شده ‌است، و کلیسای کاتولیک، و «واتیکان»، با آگاهی از این قضایا، برای پنهان کردن آن‌ها کوشیده ‌اند؛ در ضمن «جام مقدس»، نه یک شیئ، بلکه خود «مریم مجدلیه» است؛ تئوری‌های دیگری نیز، در این کتاب وجود دارند؛ که «لئوناردو دا وینچی» همجنس گرا بوده، و نقاشی معروف «مونالیزا»، در واقع پرتره ی «داوینچی»، از خودش به شکل یک زن است؛ داستان کتاب، در کشورهای «فرانسه» و «بریتانیا»، و در اماکن نام آشنای این دو کشور، رخ می‌دهند؛ (همانند «موزهٔ لوور» و صومعه‌ ای که به «صومعه برهنه» موسوم است، و همچون نقاشی مشهور «داوینچی» از آناتومی انسان ژست گرفته، و پیغامی رمزی نیز در کنارش نوشته شده ‌است)؛ پنج ماه پیش از آغاز داستان، «واتیکان» به اسقف «آرینگاروسا»، رهبر فرقه ای مسیحی تندرو، و مبتنی بر ریاضت‌های سنگین جسمانی، موسوم به «اپوس دئی (یعنی: کار خدا)» اعلام می‌کند، که می‌خواهد دست از حمایت از آن فرقه بردارد، و بیست میلیون یوروی اهدایی فرقه را هم، پس خواهد داد؛ فردی موسوم به «استاد»، که در اصل قصد تخریب وجهه ی کلیسا، و «اپوس دئی» را دارد، به اسقف پیشنهاد می‌دهد، در ازای بیست میلیون یورو، جام مقدس گمشده ی «عیسی» را، در اختیارش بگذارد، تا «اپوس دئی» قدرت و محبوبیت پیدا کند؛ ولی در حقیقت، با استفاده از یکی از نیروهای اسقف، به قتل اعضای دیر صهیون، که مخالفان قدیمی کلیسا، و حافظان جام مقدس هستند، می‌پردازد، تا خودش بتواند جام را به دست بیاورد؛ «استاد اعظم دیر صهیون»، که رئیس موزه «لوور» است، پیش از مرگ، اسرار یافتن جام را، به نوه ‌اش «سوفی» گفته است، و از او خواسته، از دانشمندی «آمریکایی» به نام «رابرت لنگدان»، که در نمادشناسی مذهبی، و باستان‌شناسی تواناست، یاری بخواهد؛ این دو، با وجود پیگیری بی‌امان پلیس، و نیروهای «استاد»، مرحله به مرحله، به «جام مقدس» نزدیکتر می‌شوند، و در این راه، از یک تاریخ‌دان «انگلیسی» به نام «تیبنیگ» هم، یاری می‌گیرند، نهایتاً «پرنسس سوفی»، خانواده گمشده ‌اش را پیدا می‌کند، و «لنگدان» هم جام مقدس را؛ و تازه آن دو همدیگر را نیز پیدا می‌کنند

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 03/06/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 15/05/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

بار اول که کتاب راز داوینچی را خواندم برایم مسحورکننده بود، دو سال پیش فیلمش را دیدم و هنور جذاب بود، اما مرور داستان برای بار سوم چندان مرا به دنبال خود نکشاند و آن را نیمه رها کردم. شاید علت این موضوع، لو رفتن معماهای داستان باشد. اولین بار تقریبا ده سال پیش راز داوینچی را خواندم و امتیازم به آن برای بار اول پنج بود.
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روح انسان از گمراهی نجات پیدا نمی‌کنه، مگه اینکه هر دو‌ وجه مؤنث و مذکر رو داشته باشه.
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تاریخ را همیشه برنده‌ها می‌نویسند. وقتی دو فرهنگ با هم برخورد می‌کنند، بازنده از بین می‌ره و برنده کتاب‌های ﺗﺎرﯾﺨﯽ رو می‌نوﯾﺴﻪ ـ ﮐﺘﺎب‌ﻫﺎﯾﯽ ﮐﻪ آرﻣﺎن ﺧﻮدﺷﻮن رو ﺗﻤﺠﯿﺪ می‌کنه و دﺷﻤﻦ ﻣﻐﻠﻮب رو ﺣﻘﯿﺮ ﺟﻠﻮه میده. ﻧﺎﭘﻠﺌﻮن ﮔﻔﺘﻪ ﺗﺎرﯾﺦ ﭼﯿﺴﺖ، ﻣﮕـﺮ داﺳﺘﺎنﻫﺎﯾﯽ ﮐﻪ ﺑﺮ ﺳﺮ آن ﺗﻮاﻓﻖ می‌کنند؟

First of all, let's try to rid our mind of all the hype and hoopla surrounding the whole thing. Let's pretend the whole thing is just some spiral bound notebook that you found on the train and read because you were lonely.


Ok, having accomplished that, let's dole out some compliments. Good plot, Danny boy! You managed to write an interesting crime/mystery/whatever thing WHILE managing to blaspheme one of the most worshiped dudes of all time. That takes some creativity, and some balls. Kudos.

If i might suggest something, though- and I realize this is hurtful, but take it like a man big guy- you probably could have done the literary world a favor by giving this wonderful little story to, er, a writer. I mean, it's nice to be able to read the whole thing in one afternoon without even having to get up for a piss, but I couldn't help but feel like I was reading the newspaper the whole time. And that's a big part of a book's validity- the whole "quality of writing" thing.

Anyway, you kind of got fucked over with the whole international attention thing- now all the 'cool' people in the world will diss on your book because it's way overblown, and the only people who still embrace will be those poor little simpletons who don't know the difference between hip and square. Looks like it's a life in the lower-middle class for you, Mr. Brown.

But hey- enjoy that swimming pool filled with gold doubloons.

L’UOMO DI VITRUVIO


Il film omonimo è diretto da Ron Howard. È stato un grande successo paragonabile a quello del libro, che ha venduto oltre 80 milioni di copie.

Parigi, il Louvre, un dipinto di Caravaggio, probabilmente La morte della Vergine, un vecchio ferito a morte, allarme che scatta, grate di ferro che scendono, l’assassino che rimane fuori e sembra non riuscire a completare l’opera, il vecchio si denuda e stende per terra per assumere la posizione del celebre Uomo vitruviano di Leonardo da Vinci, che tutti quelli che usano l’aeroporto di Fiumicino hanno imparato a riconoscere. Quando arrivano i soccorsi è troppo tardi, il vecchio è passato a peggiore vita. Ma ha lasciato un testamento prezioso scritto col sangue, alcuni numeri e il nome di Robert Langdon.
Un inizio al Fulmicotone.


Robert Langdon è Tom Hanks, la giovane alle sue spalle è Audrey Tautou.

I vangeli apocrifi, i rotoli del Mar Morto, Maria Maddalena incinta sotto la croce che sposò Gesù resuscitato, una setta con duemila anni alle spalle per custodire il mistero del Santo Graal, i Templari, l’Opus Dei, Merovingi, Priorato di Sion, codici vari, simbologia (il protagonista, Robert Langdon, è celebre proprio per la sua capacità di interpretare segni e simboli), e molto altro, con ritmo incalzante, mozzafiato, mescolato agitato e frullato.


Il film è uscito tre anni dopo il romanzo, nel 2006. Il Louvre, come nel libro, è un set importante.

Per quanto Dan Brown lo presenti come basato su fatti storici reali, documentati e comprovati, e per quanto si sia fatto a gara invece a demolirli e contraddirli, risultano coerenti e verosimili; per quanto io lo abbia a suo modo divorato steso in spiaggia ad evitare l’ombra; e per quanto sia rimasto affascinato per il tempo della lettura – e solo per quello, non un attimo dopo – dal ritmo, dal montaggio alternato, da descrizioni , snodi drammaturgici e colpi di scena, al momento di chiuderlo e metterlo via mi sono accorto che stavo sorridendo e non avevo creduto in nulla di quanto avevo letto.
Opera di pura immaginazione e fantasia.
Alla quale purtroppo manca anche un minimo pizzico di ironia, che avrebbe potuto renderla memorabile: al contrario, è romanzo che si prende dannatamente sul serio.


Il cattivone è un attore che mi piace molto, ma riesco a vedere troppo poco: Paul Bettany.

The Movie Was Better

When the curator of The Louvre is found murdered, Robert Langdon finds himself in the middle of a mystery filled with riddles and puzzles. Will Langdon be able to figure out all of the clues?

The Da Vinci Code is structured in very short chapters which at first was refreshing but became old pretty fast. Instead of focusing on one major mystery with a bunch of players, there are a bunch of riddles to solve. Of course, I wasn’t able to solve the riddles (alright well I did solve the first riddle because if I was guessing someone’s password that would have been my very first try). The prose is simply horrible in this book. The sentences were very short.

To read this, you have to suspend reality (and not in a good way, yes, I’m talking to you all of my fantasy friends!). There was always a car ready to whisk them away. The police were constantly outsmarted. Planes could easily be redirected in mid-flight. If you ask Langdon the most basic yes/no question, he would answer you with a full treatise. But apparently this is really quite an aphrodisiac because the women seem to just love this nerdy guy.

Thank you to everyone who participated in The Da Vinci Code Readalong!

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(4.75) es un libro completamente espectacular, pensé que iba a ser pesado de leer pero nada que ver.
me gustó mucho que mezclara el thriller con historia sobre la iglesia, las religiones, obras de arte, etc. en ningún momento se siente tedioso.
el único motivo por el cual no le doy 5 estrellas es porque estuve investigando y no se puede confirmar que los datos que tira sean 100% reales, son más que nada teorías… yo elijo creer.

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I downloaded the book and put it on my ipod and began to listen to it on a long road trip. I found it engaging and the plot twisted and turned, jumping from scene to scene, back and forth in time. Really kept the reader on her toes. I'm not sure if I liked it, the writing style was pretty crude, but it kept me thinking.

About an hour into listening I realized that the ipod was on shuffle mode and in fact all the chapters were being shuffled. I groaned and started over. When played in a linear fashion I found it to be one of the mindless things ever.

No, I am not!

No, I am not going to write a review about this piece of nonsense just because I had yet ANOTHER of those incredibly annoying conversations (in a bookstore to top it off!).

No, I am not.

Oh, for goodness sake!

It is NOT a great book to broaden your cultural horizons, and whatever the humbug mentioned on Leonardo - it is NOT equivalent to reading a book researched by a REAL art historian, - which is something entirely different from a blind-folded arrogant gold digging bestseller author.

It is not a well-written, exciting thriller.

It is Brown in Wonderland, minus the humour, the wit and the beautiful language of the Wonderland Alice visited, and minus the credible plot.

It is not something a bookworm like me HAS to read! Okay? Once and for all, no!

"Lisa, you as a book lover and art historian must love Dan Brown!"

No! Period. I don't. I read three ... THREE! ... of his arrogant idiocies posing as novels. I DON'T love him.

It makes me furious to get the question, over and over:

"How much of what he discovered on Leonardo is true?"

I did not write a review, I hope. It would have been a bad one. Let's forget it.

You know how people are always asking you which famous person you'd like to invite to your fantasy dinner party? I think I'd like to invite Dan Brown.

You know how, in the first season of American Horror Story, Constance makes those cupcakes with the spit and poison in them for Violet, and brings Vivian uncooked pig pancreas under the pretence that it'll help keep her unborn babies healthy?

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Okay, okay. Maybe that was faintly harsh. Sorry, Dan Brown. Just refund my time and I'll be on my way. Oh - oh, you can't? Well, then, that changes things, doesn't it? Because here I am, cracking open a book that I've been told is eye-opening and thought-provoking when in fact it's like peeling open a date and finding fly eggs inside it. Not only does it turn your stomach, because it's motherfucking disgusting (and so is the capitalist fakery that saw this book flying off the shelves by the truckload) but it makes you feel cheated, too. It does, doesn't it? You were ready for a good date, or for a good book, and you got insect carcasses. Or, more appropriately, you got a convoluted waste of paper that a chimpanzee could have written if it had sat down on a typewriter.

Never again, Dan Brown. You hear me? Keep your books - your fucking rehashed, recycled, pointless, soulless, money-grubbing piles of pure fail - the hell away from me.

Oh, and to anyone late to the party who's thinking of giving this a shot? Don't say that like 4633546573847934758 people didn't warn you.