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View Poll Results: What did you think of The Da Vinci Code?
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GREAT book. Well written, packed with interesting facts and fascinating history.
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It was pretty good, well written, but it wasn't anything too special.
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I found it offensive due to my religion.
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Downright boring.
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04-22-2006, 09:21 AM
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I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code. It was a captivating fictional read that explored and challenged some readers' ideas of religion: however it should not be forgotten that the book is a work of fiction and written for entertainment purposes (as stated by the Author). And entertain, it did. I found that from the start the book grabbed my attention and kept it right up until the end, the description and dialogue were believeable and my imagination could easily create and give life to the scenes. I don't usually read action or mysteries but I would recommend this one to anyone who wouldn't be offended by its questioning of the foundations of Christianity or its use of the Catholic church.
I have read three other Dan Brown books and I don't mind that he uses a similar recipe. His books are published and they sell. The formula and style appear to work for him, and like many authors I am sure he will keep using it until he deems it no longer profitable. I found his writing in Digital Fortress to be a bit sloppy and inconsistent, however The Da Vinci Code was entertaining and thought provoking enough to keep me from being disturbed by any writing flaws it may have contained.
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04-22-2006, 09:24 AM
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Connor, aren't you going a bit overboard with it? I don't harbour any love for it either, but to ridicule every person who says something the least bit positive about it...?
There are people who enjoy stupid things, cliche things, whatever. Deal with it. It's their entitlement.
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04-22-2006, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by blademasterzzz
Connor, aren't you going a bit overboard with it?
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04-22-2006, 11:02 AM
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Yes.
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04-22-2006, 11:04 AM
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Nein.
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04-22-2006, 11:26 AM
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Nein.
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04-22-2006, 12:42 PM
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Doi.
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04-22-2006, 02:12 PM
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I enjoyed the pacing of the novel, but I found myself *guessing* (correctly) what was coming next - and the mystery villain's identity was telegraphed well before the reveal, which led to the ultimate let-down for me: The final cop out, where the author turns the Catholic Church and Opus Dei into patsies for a one-man scam. It just didn't ring very true.
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04-26-2006, 02:07 PM
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Addicting. For me, if you could have various lengths of chapters and usually make them short, it encourages me to keep in reading...so finished that book in two days...
Glad I read it so I won't feel so left behind in this Da Vinci Code craze.
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04-26-2006, 03:52 PM
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I personally thought the Da Vinci Code was a good book, it's a very controversial book, and the recent claim where one author claimed that the idea for the Da Vinci Code was stolen from him.
I thought the book was creative and had a lot of mystery in it, enough that kept me from putting the book down.
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04-27-2006, 09:22 PM
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Well, it introduced me to the idea of Christ having a child, but as for the book itself? Poorly written, extremely poorly written. It was unengaging at the most basic level, and his constant inputs of latin and french drove all sense of interest from the book, and just shone a light on his contempt for literature.
As Blademasterzzz said, it was a cheap way of making a few bucks, and I bet he didn't haggle over the royalities. No, it was a rubbish book. Interesting story, but his writing destroyed it.
And the controversy surrounding it is idiotic too.
You can't copyright an idea.
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04-28-2006, 12:20 PM
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I thought it was very good. I enjoy books like that that keep you thinking and guessing and following clues. Also, its not just a mystery. Its a book that makes you think and maybe even question what you beleive. It has you step back and take a look at everything and all the possibilities there are. Alot of people think that if you like the book then you are turning your back on Christianity. Well i read the book, i loved it, and i am still a christian. Just with my own thoughts and beleifs. But who doesn't have their own thoughts and beleifs about their religion? Well anwyays, yeah, i thought it was a good book. I cant wait for the movie.
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04-28-2006, 06:30 PM
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If you like Dan Brown's work, you probably don't speak good England. The man plain cannot write.
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04-28-2006, 09:10 PM
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speak good ENGLISH i am hoping you mean. and if you do, wow how ironic.
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04-28-2006, 09:24 PM
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Yes, people who misspell things are can't speak English at all!
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