The Da Vinci Code

The book was fun to read, but it has a lot of errors about the history
of Christianity. A search of the internet will prove this.

Robert Langdon has to be my favorite character in a novel because of how he decodes all the clues that are put in front of him in this book. I was glued to this book right from the very first page right through to the very last one. I was a little late to read this book but it was well worth it to wait because everyone was making their judgements when the movie was released.

I absolutely loved this novel, it's a fast-paced, well researched, wholly original story! Highly recommended.

Dan Brown blew me away with this epic novel. Full of mystery and adventure and it keeps you guessing till the very last page. It has brought much debate amoung many people and I would recamend this book to any one. I wish I can give it more than5 stars :)

Loved the book. Appreciated the research and thought that went behind this story. It was fast paced, riveting and thoroughly enjoyable. The characters were interesting in their own right and I loved all of them. Quite simply, it was a book that I simply could not put down.

Highly recommended

When reading this book you have to read angels and demons first, it will make more sense when reading this one, overall it was a good read, during the middle of the book I kinda got bored, but then it really picked up, it just kept twisting and turning you never knew what would happen next!!

Ok, I am a tad late of the get go on this book, but I WAS working at Chapters during the whole fad for this book. lol

Was a good book...It felt long to me. I have watched the movie when it first came out and i kept on wanting it to move faster. I thought it'd be a more fast paced... But at least Robert was the same in the book and the movie to how he just goes off on tangents. hehe.

It was well written and was a good book, but not my fave.

The book is way better than the movie. Characters were well developed, story well told, the suspen was amzing and the reference to historical facts (or historical legends) is interesting. I would recommend this easy read.

Iyad Atuan

I freely admit that my disdain for The Da Vinci Code is my own personal backlash over its popularity.

Dan Brown isn't a terrible writer, despite facing that charge from many experienced readers. He has a likable style, and he drives the pace of the book relentlessly, which is exactly what one would want from a pulpy adventure that one can take to the beach.

Likewise, the charge that The Da Vinci Code is somehow a failure because it is in any way inaccurate or unbelievable is unfair. The story is fiction, after all, and one should expect to have his/her credulity stretched, especially when reading pulp that is written with the screen in mind (as The Da Vinci Code surely was).

I even enjoyed the Sunday afternoon it took me to read The Da Vinci Code. It was an absolute waste of time, and exactly what I wanted to be doing, sitting on a comfy sofa, drinking tea and reading about self-flagellating albino monks (and other fun things).

I've given many books that are just as good as The Da Vinci Code -- and even some that are worse -- three stars, and I meant every star. The truth is that on its own merits, I'd have given The Da Vinci Code a similar rating if not for a repeated experience that led to my backlash.

At the beginning of every semester, in a bid to get to know my students better, I play a memory game wherein the students provide me with their favourite things (books, food, music) and some personal details (people they hate, people they love, things they are proud of), then I connect something about them, something that stands out for me, with their name. It is a good start in getting to know the students, but it has also led to my hatred for Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

A good half of the students that enter my courses declare that they don't have favourite books, and/or they've only ever read three books in their lives -- two involuntary (both assigned by an English teacher, and always seeming to include To Kill a Mockingbird) and one voluntary (The Da Vinci Code). What bothers me most is that even if these people liked The Da Vinci Code, Brown's novel didn't spur them on to read more. They read the The Da Vinci Code, enjoyed it or didn't, then went back to their reading apathy.

Moreover, if I could convince people to read one book voluntarily, one book for their pleasure, it would not be ANY cheesy, pulpy, low grade adventure story. It's like pouring a glass of $9 dollar wine for a person who is trying wine for the first time. They may enjoy the glass, but they're not going to choose wine as their alcohol of choice based on Fortant de France.

And for that reason, I hate The Da Vinci Code. It is the cheap wine that keeps people away from the joy of good wine, and while I admit that it is the fault of popular culture rather than Dan Brown, each reader I find who stops at The Da Vinci Code makes me hate the book a little bit more.

I found this book to be very cleverly written and I enjoyed the action and suspense. I'm not a hard core reader nor do I know alot about religion so at times I found it difficult to follow but once you get into it, you start to see how nicely written it is.

This book is a great read. from the moment you pick it up, it is hard to put it down. there are many different story-lines to fallow as you are led up to the great surprise at the end! The movie is nothing like the book, so please do not base the movie on this book. The Da Vinci Code is one of the books you should read on your summer off

If you want to read something that has a similar historical "art" mystery, but written by a competent author, try the Secret Supper by Javier Sierra. If you just want a good story with a historical mystery to boot, try The Rule of Four or In Tongues of the Dead. They are all far better books!

I guess liking this book really depends on how you look at it. Quick read? Check. Short chapters? Check. Interesting idea? Check. Sadly, the book was written quite poorly. Mr. Brown's writing style reminds me of an 8th grader and the plot is almost entirely propelled by the main character remembering a pertinent bit of info at just the right moment. There were so many flashbacks, I almost expected to see Wayne and Garth mime the wavey lines with their fingers. I remember thinking that this book was written to be a movie, and might actually make a half-decent one. And that goes to show that I can be dead wrong. Why, Tom Hanks? Why?

What disturbs me most about this book is that many people who read it instantly think its completely accurate. That area of history is hotly debated, folks, and "The Da Vinci Code" is in the fiction aisle for a reason. If this book sparked your interest, I suggest doing a bit of research from all sides of this historical period.

If I didn't have an almost pathelogical need to finish books I start, I'd have put this one down and never picked it up again. As it was, I finished it, tossed it into the corner, and gave it a disgusted look. There it stayed until the Thrift Shop was taking donations.

I guess the book isn't all bad, as it is getting people who wouldn't normally read to read. Hopefully in future they'll read something more worthy of the intense hype then "The Da Vinci Code."

The novel was amazing.
However, after hearing all the hype before actually reading it --- it became predictable...
Don't get me wrong, the plot, the characters, the complete story was amazing and utterly magnificent. A great read.

This book was a very good read. I enjoyed it a lot. Throughout the book, sometimes I even go 'Oh my gosh!' To be short, everything was amazingly thought out and written. I would re-read this book anytime.

Although I enjoyed Angels & Demons more, I still found this story to be very entertaining. I learned some more history I was previously unaware of and found the action to still be fast-paced enough to hold my attention. My only criticism is that the "romance" angle was poorly explored. If you want to include romance in your story, see it through. In this book, there was no real indication that a possible romance was in the works, and at the end, all of sudden it's there (sort of). I could have done without it. I saw the movie on TV a few days after finishing the book and found they had done a good job with it, staying fairly true to the story.

This book took me by surprise when it was first released years ago. On the bestseller list for ages, it was very difficult to obtain a copy of this book for quite some time. Once I decided to see what the fuss was about, I was taken on an action-packed adventure into the world that Brown created.
Some people disagree with this book due to its religious involvement, but I found the insight into Opus Dei and the many mysteries uncovered in this book fasinating.
I also highly recommend Angels and Demons, which I personally felt was even more interesting (due to the events occuring in this novel).
An absolute must for anyone who is a fan of this type of literature, or anyone who loves books that are similar in this subject matter.

The movie wasn't that great, but the book is something you must get your hands on. It may offend and has been very controversial, but hey; it's full of suspense, action, and has you thinking a lot. I think it's underrated, and think this book is better than some say it is.

Today, I find it rare to find a book that I can't put down. The style of writing pulls you in and never lets you go. I've read similar books but the writing did not keep me as entranced as this one did.

Ok if you haven't read Angels and Demons you will probably love this book. Sadly I have and though I loved Angels and Demons as I read this one I couldn't help but notice the similarities! It drove me crazy! It took everything in me just to finish the book and I will probably never read anything by Dan Brown again!