The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is the second book under the Robert Langdon series. As usual, the protagonist, who is a symbologist, is summoned to solve a mystery that involves historical symbols. Given the character's deep knowledge of the field, coupled with a gripping story involving Christian history, makes for an unputdownable read.

As always, Dan's attention to detail mesmerizes the keen reader in me. It is delightful to be able to picture all those historical museums and monuments just by reading his descriptions of the same.

The clever use of cryptography is awe-inspiring.

The ending was predictable. That is the only downside of this otherwise great piece of prose.

Warning: The books takes a jab at the truthfulness of the New Testament. So if you are someone who gets offended when someone questions your religious beliefs, you might want to skip this one.

Verdict: A must read.

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Illuminati and Club of Rome. Is Dan Brown illuminated or enlightened?
He is a good researcher that is for sure.

If you like Dan Brown.


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I read that it sold over 80 million copies ! Looks like it's an alternative history of christianity and the Catholic church didn't like it.

The subject matter was was certainly not to my interest.

I couldn't muster any enthusiasm and was bored quickly. I have stayed away from Dan Brown books eversince then.

Abandoned.

It created a different branch of thriller genre. I liked this book when I read it. Then I read many other books similar to this and at one point I got tired and switched to read fantasies. But before I was much into fantasies, I was a dedicated conspiracy thriller reader. It's one of the best books of this kind.

For cheap supermarket fiction, this sure was cheap supermarket fiction. It would have helped if this was the first book I had ever read. Unfortunately, having read Curious George as a child (a towering work of literary genius by comparison), The DaVinci Code suffered perhaps unjustly.

It's considered an unfair advantage using a cryptex box to solve this.

I am utterly stupefied by this masterpiece and Dan Brown's ability to blur the lines between the real and the fictional, as he did in the first book in the Robert Langdon series. It's a mouthwatering book, always keeping you on the edge, from page one up until the last page I could hear my own heart beating because of the thrill.

I had found the first book extraordinary when I read it three months ago and I'm so glad I finally read it, especially after all those years of reading the controversial reviews regarding this book, which is so full of cryptic messages and honestly is amazing to see how our two protagonists decipher those messages, ultimately leading to the truth. To my view, this one far exceeded the first book of the series. The formula was almost the same, although now we didn't have the illuminati, it was a sole man, not an entire organization ready to take down an entire city.

I really really love how Brown took real events, real symbols etc and wove them into such an intricate story about a secret that could change everyone's beliefs, change the entire world as we know it.

Take Da Vinci's most famous painting to kick off your story nicely and artistically, add a secret organization protecting a powerful secret, add some lies and deceit and lots of intrigue and yes that's the formula to creating an incredible book. But it takes a masterful author to create an incredible book such as this one.

I won't start talking about the protagonists because I'm never gonna stop babbling about their awesomeness. Langdon just rose on the scale of my list of the most brilliant characters, meanwhile I loved Sophie Neveau as the companion of Robert. They fit amazingly good together, always filling the blanks together and assisting each other when they hit an insurmountable cryptic message which neither thought they could decode.

I am in awe by Brown's amazing mind. The way he writes, all those details of real, existing history and art, all mixed together... He must be a genius, and he must have done one hell of a research before writing this.

If you've read the first book, loved it and you fear that this will fall short of your expectations then be sure that this will be one hell of a ride for you.

Dan Brown a identificat o rețetă de succes și a aplicat-o cu pricepere în acest roman. Rețeta l-a făcut faimos, i-a adus o avere. Dar nu l-a ajutat să mai scrie ceva comparabil cu volumul din 2003. Tot ceea ce a publicat, de la o vreme, sînt niște clone palide și lipsite de haz ale „Codului...”.

Să nu uit. A fost prima mea carte citită pe ecran. Cineva mi-a dăruit o dischetă (era pe vremea dischetelor, prin 2003-2004) care conținea Codul lui Da vinci în format zip. Nu pot spune că aventurile lui Robert Langdon nu m-au prins...

Dacă mă întrebați unde aș situa acest roman, voi spune că îl consider un „thriller evanghelic” :)

I could not put this down! Im 100% sure this book is going to start a love affair with Dan Brown.

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I remember when this book hit the Arabian markets around 2003 and how everyone was aghast by it and what it suggested, I didn't know anything about it except the title and who Da Vinci was, my mom bought a copy, I think she and dad talked about it.



In 2006, the movie was released, it was prohibited in many countries, THAT intrigued me! It wasn't sexual, or political... it was religious, and I have always been fascinated by religions. I remember watching it, and it scared me, especially Silas. I felt weird about the whole thing. I decided it wasn't for me.



Sometime later, my interest in the occult and cults aroused again, I watched it and it made me think. Some years passed and when I watched it on TV I loved it deeply, now I watch it every month or so. It became a favorite. I love the mystery, thriller aspect to it, (and I love Audrey Tautou) it is a crime story but it's also about two religions, Judaism and Christianity. Priory of Sion is Zion, and it's with a constant war with the Vatican, both of them are ready to kill for what they believe is the truth, and it all revolves around the Holy Grail aka Mary Magdalene, who they believe carried the daughter of Jesus. Opus Dei, another secret society has one goal, kill the heir! So the Vatican can stay safe. I think the author is not into Christianity at all. i get why Christians felt insulted by the movie/book.



After watching the movie, I researched extensively the known cults and secret societies, and I feel that these people are so lost from the point of life. Isn't it very tiresome to live this way? One question that keeps nagging at me, did Robert contact Sophie at the end and tell her the location of the Holy Grail? After the four great masters were killed the secret is supposedly buried with them, right? The priory wouldn't know where it was?