What do you think of the Da Vinci Code?
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tdresser 
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Was it worth reading? Good? Bad? Terrible?
Should it be as popular as it is?
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As "informative" as The Davinci Code was, I found it to be one of those "try-hard" books. Where the author just tries to push all this information on you in an attempt to sway you to his beliefs. I'm not sure if Dan Brown even believes in what he wrote in this book, but you'd think if he was going to write about something so controversial he would at least put more effort into his research. Studying art history myself has shown me many holes in his theories and explanations for things he said there was no explanation for. But if you forget all of that, and take it for a complete work of fiction and try and enjoy it for what it is, I find it is merely a mediocre book at best.
I find his books patronising in the extreme. He can't wait to tell you how clever he (the author) is, and the book takes whole sections out of the narrative to lecture you about something he knows, and thinks you (the reader) don't. If you like to be patronised, give it a shot, otherwise, don't bother.
I'd agree, Aoterra. But just consider the readers he's writing for--people who may not have any idea about any of the legends circulating around the holy grail, people who likely haven't even heard of the holy grail (yes, these people exist in far greater numbers than you'd think). It reminds of an informal survey a parish priest did in the late 1500s in England (right around when the Reformation was about hit the island full on, right when you'd think religion would be a hot topic)--he found that some parishoners didn't know the name "Jesus Christ." That sort of willful obtuseness is exactly what Dan Brown's books depend on.
Jody, while I understand with your comments, it saddens me that people are so ill-informed, and that our world is so screwed up that one man with a word-processor can make so much money from people's ignorance.
Oh, and I didn't enjoy the writing either.
Aoterra, about the writing, you couldn't be more right: A.O. Scott in the NYTimes called the book, "Dan Brown's best-selling primer on how not to write an English sentence."
http://movies2.nytim...s/18code.html
Yes, thank God that all of us here are absolutely BRILLIANT!
Those poor dupes who bought this book by the scores of millions and kept in on the best seller list for nearly four years should look to US for true intellectual guidance and literature. Why, anyone who can't write the best selling book of the modern era, (if we only took the time, of course) shouldn't even be allowed to buy a book. Hrmmph.