The Da Vinci Code

[Munkey]

It makes quite a good read, but the way he writes really annoys me.

slow part
fast part
slow part
FAST PART + DISCOVERY!!!!....but i wont tell you yet
cut to somewhere else slow
slow part + reveals what it was but only indirectly
(repeat)

 

[Eroda]

Just finished reading it. Was an excellent book imo, one of the best ive read recently. Good thriller but also motivated me into reading into the area a bit more such as PHI, dead sea scrolls etc. I tend to be sceptical with regards to the true intention of religions in general though, so the book appealed to me.

 

[Turamber]

Sounds like Chariot of the Gods for the 21st century, sells to the unbelievers in bucketloads using clever sounding rhetoric and lots of half baked "facts" that, when properly researched, are discovered to be complete bunkum.

 

[Gengi]

Sounds like Chariot of the Gods for the 21st century, sells to the unbelievers in bucketloads using clever sounding rhetoric and lots of half baked "facts" that, when properly researched, are discovered to be complete bunkum.

But, but.. Chariot of the Gods was all true, all of it every word, it must have been there were pyramids and Atlantis and Aztecs and weird runways in High desserty places that only looked like runways when seen by satellites and such like and so on and so forth etc,etc, etc

As for the book in the thread I will pick it up gong through an airport soon and read it, the comments here have piqued my interest.

Later

 

[xane]

Sounds like Chariot of the Gods for the 21st century, sells to the unbelievers in bucketloads using clever sounding rhetoric and lots of half baked "facts" that, when properly researched, are discovered to be complete bunkum.

The book fitting this description is Holy Blood, Holy Grail, first published about 20 years ago, I read it at least 10 years ago, it has made a bit of a comeback and can be found alongside The Da Vinci Code in the bookshops, probably in a revised edition.

Together with The Messianic Legacy and The Temple And The Lodge, by the same authors, it forms most of the core ideas in The Da Vinci Code. It was all perceived as a load of unproven conspiratorial bollocks back then, this is a bit deja vue for me !

 

[Nerve]

The book fitting this description is Holy Blood, Holy Grail, first published about 20 years ago, I read it at least 10 years ago, it has made a bit of a comeback and can be found alongside The Da Vinci Code in the bookshops, probably in a revised edition.

Together with The Messianic Legacy and The Temple And The Lodge, by the same authors, it forms most of the core ideas in The Da Vinci Code. It was all perceived as a load of unproven conspiratorial bollocks back then,...

You say 'perceived', by whom, christians ?

 

[DaGaffer]

You say 'perceived', by whom, christians ?

No, by anyone who bothered to do any research. The Priory of Sion was a made-up invention by French Surrealists in 1967. The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail were warned it was bollocks by French journalists before they published the book but they went ahead anyway and the book made millions. There's a sucker born every minute...

 

[dysfunction]

I wasnt going to read this book but I think I will now...

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13311903,00.html

If the Vatican is that interested in this book then it must be worth a read!! :touch:

 

[Doh_boy]

I thought it was proven that mary magdalen wasn't a prostitute and the rumor was created by certain sections of the early church to discredit her.


Besides, it may* all be crap but who really cares as long as 1)It's plausible and 2) It's an interesting story.


*and more than likely is

 

[Gengi]

Picked it up in Asda, cheap, and it was an excellent airplane book, kept me awake through most of the flight.

And any book that contains a self flagellating albino monk as a fairly central character deserves all the praise it gets.

On the whole it read almost like an old Robert Ludlum, The Scatlatti Inheritance or The Rhineman Exchange, a certain amount of plausibility but just not quite ringing true.

Later

 

[dub]

umberto eco wrote a book called foucault's pendulum , most of da vinci code's plot is being used in that in a greater scheme.

eco being a scholar does have a finer sense of keeping historical facts apart from obscure illuminati ideas than browne.

 

[dysfunction]

Eco can go on a bit though which can make his books very dry and hard work to read

 

[MKJ]

Thoroughly enjoyed the book but there were a few issues with it. Like many a book I have read the underlying meaning or message was more interesting than the actual content. In other words the meaning of the book was hidden in a not very interesting embellished story line. Sure made me think about Christianity and the development of the church though. A book well worth reading I think.

 

[ECA]

It has terrible dialogue, terrible characters, terrible plot, yet people love it and it sells by the truckload.

Makes me wonder who the fuck these people are.
Oh, the same ones running windows as their operating system.

Nevermind, nothing to see here.

 

[MKJ]

QUOTE]Angels and Demons was a far better story imo than the Da Vinci Code. Having read Angels first, the Da Vinci Code seemed like the same story again, but not as interesting or as well written.[/QUOTE]

You gotta be joking? You do know that all the Vatican stuff supposed to take place in 4 hours? I think that has stretched credibility by about 4 weeks! Ridiculous book I found.

The 'Dah Vinci Code' was more interesting for me for the analyzes of the 'Last Supper'. Plot itself just didn't' cut it for me. The underlying and informative breakdown on Christianity and the self interested Clerics much more so. Still a very good book to read though. My overall opinion was that he cleverly housed more or less 'boring' technical content in a best seller like covering. It paid off for sure.