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賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴貙 賮乇賯賴贁 賲匕賴亘蹖 鬲賳丿乇賵蹖蹖 賴賲 賴賲夭賲丕賳 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丿爻鬲蹖丕亘蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕爻乇丕乇 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 讴卮鬲賳 丕賻亘丕 賳丿丕乇丿. 丕诏乇 賱賳诏丿丕賳 賵 賳賵賵 賳鬲賵丕賳賳丿 賲毓賲丕賴丕 乇丕 丨賱 讴賳賳丿貙 丨賯蹖賯鬲 亘夭乇诏 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 蹖丕 鬲丕 丕亘丿 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 蹖丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 讴爻丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐嗀� 賳丕亘賵丿卮 讴賳賳丿
乇丕亘乇鬲 賱賳诏丿丕賳貙 丕爻鬲丕丿 賳賲丕丿卮賳丕爻蹖 賵 鬲丕乇蹖禺貙 亘乇丕蹖 爻禺賳乇丕賳蹖 亘賴 倬丕乇蹖爻 乇賮鬲賴 讴賴 倬賱蹖爻 亘乇丕蹖 賲卮丕賵乇賴 丿乇亘丕乇賴贁 賯鬲賱蹖 賲乇賲賵夭 亘賴 爻乇丕睾卮 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�: 乇蹖蹖爻賽 賲賵夭賴贁 賱賵賵乇 丿乇 賲賵夭賴 亘賴 賯鬲賱 乇爻蹖丿賴 賵 噩爻丿卮 丿乇 賵囟毓蹖鬲 毓噩蹖亘 賵 鬲乇爻賳丕讴蹖 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 噩爻丿貙 賲毓賲丕賴丕蹖蹖 诏蹖噩鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 讴賴 倬賱蹖爻 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 倬乇丿賴 丕夭 乇丕夭 賯鬲賱 丕賵 亘乇賲蹖鈥屫ж必� 賵 賱賳诏丿丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 乇賲夭诏卮丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丌賳鈥屬囏� 亘賴 倬賱蹖爻 讴賲讴 讴賳丿.
丿乇 丕蹖賳 亘蹖賳貙 乇賲夭卮賳丕爻賽 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖貙 爻賵賮蹖 賳購賵賵貙 亘賴 賱賳诏丿丕賳 賲賱丨賯 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呝嗀� 讴賴 鬲賲丕賲 丕蹖賳 乇丕夭賴丕 亘賴 賳丨賵蹖 亘丕 賳賯丕卮蹖鈥屬囏� 賵 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏й� 賱卅賵賳丕乇丿賵 丿丕賵蹖賳趩蹖 賲乇鬲亘胤 丕爻鬲. 丕賲丕 丿乇毓蹖賳鈥屫з� 倬丕蹖 乇丕夭蹖 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 丕爻鬲貙 乇丕夭蹖 讴賴 诏賵蹖丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 噩賴丕賳 乇丕 夭蹖乇 賵 夭亘乇 讴賳丿 賵 亘丕毓孬 卮賵丿 鬲丕 鬲丕乇蹖禺 乇丕 丕夭 賳賵 亘賳賵蹖爻賳丿.
賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴貙 賮乇賯賴贁 賲匕賴亘蹖 鬲賳丿乇賵蹖蹖 賴賲 賴賲夭賲丕賳 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丿爻鬲蹖丕亘蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕爻乇丕乇 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 讴卮鬲賳 丕賻亘丕 賳丿丕乇丿. 丕诏乇 賱賳诏丿丕賳 賵 賳賵賵 賳鬲賵丕賳賳丿 賲毓賲丕賴丕 乇丕 丨賱 讴賳賳丿貙 丨賯蹖賯鬲 亘夭乇诏 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 蹖丕 鬲丕 丕亘丿 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 蹖丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 讴爻丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐嗀� 賳丕亘賵丿卮 讴賳賳丿
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First published January 1, 2003
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Dan Brown
87听books106k听followersDan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best selling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown鈥檚 novels are published in 56 languages around the world with over 200 million copies in print.
In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with 鈥渒eeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.鈥�
The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.
Brown鈥檚 latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?
In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with 鈥渒eeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.鈥�
The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.
Brown鈥檚 latest novel, Origin, explores two of the fundamental questions of humankind: Where do we come from? Where are we going?
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July 15, 2008
Four stars for pure entertainment value.
However, Dave Barry's review gets five stars:
`The Da Vinci Code,' cracked
by Dave Barry
I have written a blockbuster novel. My inspiration was The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, which has sold 253 trillion copies in hardcover because it's such a compelling page-turner. NOBODY can put this book down:
MOTHER ON BEACH: Help! My child is being attacked by a shark!
LIFEGUARD (looking up from The DaVinci Code: Not now! I just got to page 243, where it turns out that one of the men depicted in ''The Last Supper'' is actually a woman!
MOTHER: I know! Isn't that incredible? And it turns out that she's . . .
SHARK (spitting out the child): Don't give it away! I'm only on page 187!
The key to The DaVinci Code is that it's filled with startling plot twists, and almost every chapter ends with a ''cliffhanger,'' so you have to keep reading to see what will happen. Using this formula, I wrote the following blockbuster novel, titled The Constitution Conundrum. It's fairly short now, but when I get a huge publishing contract, I'll flesh it out to 100,000 words by adding sentences.
CHAPTER ONE: Handsome yet unmarried historian Hugh Heckman stood in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., squinting through the bulletproof glass at the U.S. Constitution. Suddenly, he made an amazing discovery.
''My God!'' he said, out loud. ``This is incredible! Soon I will say what it is.''
CHAPTER TWO: ''What is it?'' said a woman Heckman had never seen before who happened to be standing next to him. She was extremely beautiful, but wore glasses as a sign of intelligence.
''My name is Desiree Legume,'' she said.
Heckman felt he could trust her.
''Look at this!'' he said, pointing to the Constitution.
''My God, that's incredible!'' said Desiree. ``It's going to be very surprising when we finally reveal what we're talking about!''
CHAPTER THREE: ''Yes,'' said Hugh, ``incredible as it seems, there are extra words written in the margin of the U.S. Constitution, and nobody ever noticed them until now! They appear to be in some kind of code.''
''Let me look,'' said Desiree. ``In addition to being gorgeous, I am a trained codebreaker. Oh my God!''
''What is it?'' asked Hugh in an excited yet concerned tone of voice. ''The message,'' said Desiree, ``is . . . ''
But just then, the chapter ended.
CHAPTER FOUR: ''It's a fiendishly clever code,'' explained Desiree. 'As you can see, the words say: `White House White House Bo Bite House, Banana Fana Fo Fite House, Fe Fi Mo Mite House, White House.' ''
''Yes,'' said Hugh, frowning in bafflement. ``But what can it possibly mean?''
''If I am correct,'' said Desiree, ``it is referring to . . . the White House!''
''My God!'' said Hugh. ``That's where the president lives! Do you think . . . ''
''Do I think what?'' said Desiree.
''I don't know,'' said Hugh. ``But we're about to find out.''
CHAPTER FIVE: Hugh and Desiree crouched in some bushes next to the Oval Office.
''We'd better hurry up and solve this mystery,'' remarked Desiree anxiously. ''It's only a matter of time before somebody notices that the Constitution is missing.'' She had slipped it into her purse at the National Archives while the guard wasn't looking.
''The answer must be here somewhere,'' said Hugh, studying the ancient document, which was brown from age and the fact that he had spilled Diet Peach Snapple on it.
''Wait a minute!'' he said. ``I've got it!''
''What?'' said Desiree, her breasts heaving into view.
''The answer!'' said Hugh. ``It's . . .
But just then, shots rang out.
CHAPTER SIX: ''That was close!'' remarked Desiree. ``Fortunately, those shots had nothing to do with the plot of this book.''
''Yes,'' said Hugh. ``Anyway, as I was saying, the answer is to hold the Constitution up so that it is aligned with the White House and the Washington Monument. . . . There, do you see what I mean?''
''My God!'' said Desiree, seeing what he meant. ``It's . . . ''
''Hold it right there,'' said the president of the United States.
CHAPTER SEVEN: '' . . . and so you see,'' concluded the president, ``you two uncovered a shocking and fascinating secret that, if it should ever get out, could change the course of history.''
''Mr. President,'' said Desiree, ``thank you for that riveting and satisfying explanation, which will be fleshed out into much greater detail once there is a publishing contract.''
''Also,'' noted Hugh, ``we may use some beverage other than Snapple, depending on what kind of product-placement deals can be worked out.''
''Good,'' said the president. ``Now can I have the Constitution back?''
They all enjoyed a hearty laugh, for they knew that the movie rights were also available...
However, Dave Barry's review gets five stars:
`The Da Vinci Code,' cracked
by Dave Barry
I have written a blockbuster novel. My inspiration was The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, which has sold 253 trillion copies in hardcover because it's such a compelling page-turner. NOBODY can put this book down:
MOTHER ON BEACH: Help! My child is being attacked by a shark!
LIFEGUARD (looking up from The DaVinci Code: Not now! I just got to page 243, where it turns out that one of the men depicted in ''The Last Supper'' is actually a woman!
MOTHER: I know! Isn't that incredible? And it turns out that she's . . .
SHARK (spitting out the child): Don't give it away! I'm only on page 187!
The key to The DaVinci Code is that it's filled with startling plot twists, and almost every chapter ends with a ''cliffhanger,'' so you have to keep reading to see what will happen. Using this formula, I wrote the following blockbuster novel, titled The Constitution Conundrum. It's fairly short now, but when I get a huge publishing contract, I'll flesh it out to 100,000 words by adding sentences.
CHAPTER ONE: Handsome yet unmarried historian Hugh Heckman stood in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., squinting through the bulletproof glass at the U.S. Constitution. Suddenly, he made an amazing discovery.
''My God!'' he said, out loud. ``This is incredible! Soon I will say what it is.''
CHAPTER TWO: ''What is it?'' said a woman Heckman had never seen before who happened to be standing next to him. She was extremely beautiful, but wore glasses as a sign of intelligence.
''My name is Desiree Legume,'' she said.
Heckman felt he could trust her.
''Look at this!'' he said, pointing to the Constitution.
''My God, that's incredible!'' said Desiree. ``It's going to be very surprising when we finally reveal what we're talking about!''
CHAPTER THREE: ''Yes,'' said Hugh, ``incredible as it seems, there are extra words written in the margin of the U.S. Constitution, and nobody ever noticed them until now! They appear to be in some kind of code.''
''Let me look,'' said Desiree. ``In addition to being gorgeous, I am a trained codebreaker. Oh my God!''
''What is it?'' asked Hugh in an excited yet concerned tone of voice. ''The message,'' said Desiree, ``is . . . ''
But just then, the chapter ended.
CHAPTER FOUR: ''It's a fiendishly clever code,'' explained Desiree. 'As you can see, the words say: `White House White House Bo Bite House, Banana Fana Fo Fite House, Fe Fi Mo Mite House, White House.' ''
''Yes,'' said Hugh, frowning in bafflement. ``But what can it possibly mean?''
''If I am correct,'' said Desiree, ``it is referring to . . . the White House!''
''My God!'' said Hugh. ``That's where the president lives! Do you think . . . ''
''Do I think what?'' said Desiree.
''I don't know,'' said Hugh. ``But we're about to find out.''
CHAPTER FIVE: Hugh and Desiree crouched in some bushes next to the Oval Office.
''We'd better hurry up and solve this mystery,'' remarked Desiree anxiously. ''It's only a matter of time before somebody notices that the Constitution is missing.'' She had slipped it into her purse at the National Archives while the guard wasn't looking.
''The answer must be here somewhere,'' said Hugh, studying the ancient document, which was brown from age and the fact that he had spilled Diet Peach Snapple on it.
''Wait a minute!'' he said. ``I've got it!''
''What?'' said Desiree, her breasts heaving into view.
''The answer!'' said Hugh. ``It's . . .
But just then, shots rang out.
CHAPTER SIX: ''That was close!'' remarked Desiree. ``Fortunately, those shots had nothing to do with the plot of this book.''
''Yes,'' said Hugh. ``Anyway, as I was saying, the answer is to hold the Constitution up so that it is aligned with the White House and the Washington Monument. . . . There, do you see what I mean?''
''My God!'' said Desiree, seeing what he meant. ``It's . . . ''
''Hold it right there,'' said the president of the United States.
CHAPTER SEVEN: '' . . . and so you see,'' concluded the president, ``you two uncovered a shocking and fascinating secret that, if it should ever get out, could change the course of history.''
''Mr. President,'' said Desiree, ``thank you for that riveting and satisfying explanation, which will be fleshed out into much greater detail once there is a publishing contract.''
''Also,'' noted Hugh, ``we may use some beverage other than Snapple, depending on what kind of product-placement deals can be worked out.''
''Good,'' said the president. ``Now can I have the Constitution back?''
They all enjoyed a hearty laugh, for they knew that the movie rights were also available...
December 25, 2007
PLEASE do NOT recommend The Da Vinci Code to me because you think it's brilliant. Please do not try to explain to me that it is a "really interesting and eye-opening book." Just don't. Please.
I've read Iain Pear, I heart Foucault's Pendulum, Dashiell Hammett is my hero, Alan Moore is My Absolute Favorite, I listen to Coil on a fairly regular basis, and cloak n' dagger secret society/Priory of Sion/Knights of Templar-tinged num nums make me a very happy girl... but if you truly believe that Brown's stupid airport thriller has ANY right whatsoever to be placed in the same category with Michael "Wooden Dildo Dialogue" Crichton, let alone Umberto Eco, kindly keep this opinion very far away from me, or the ensuing conversation we have will not be constructive or polite in any way.
I loathe Dan Brown. I resent him for spoon-feeding the masses pseudo-intellectual "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" D-grade thriller shite under a pretense of real sophistication, and getting orally serviced by The New York Times for his effort.
I'd heard that the novel was meticulously researched and contained some really interesting and controversial assessments of religious zealotry. Um, not really? Well, not by my Merovingian standards, anyway. :D
Let's put it this way. If Dan Brown was teaching an Insurgent Christian Symbolism in Art and Literature 101 class at my local community college, I'd definitely have a different opinion about him.
But NO. Dan Brown is not a professor of anything but pap. He is a barely competent thriller writer who wrote an AWFUL book that I could not bear to finish because I felt my IQ plummeting a little further with every "Let's Go to Paris! Guidebook" description and blowhard authorial essay. Oh, don't even get me started about those cute soliloquies the main characters are so fond of delivering, ever so calmly, often while cops n' bovvers are chasing them.
The characters are weakly drawn. The dialogue is excruciating. The research is shoddy and self-serving at best. The plot, no matter how open-minded you are, is beyond ludicrous. It's laughable enough to be incorporated into the next Indiana Jones movie. That'd be sweet, dude.
What really irks me are Dan Brown's sanctimonious interviews, wherein he shows off all of his priceless antiques while expressing his abiding convictions that the American public needs a "deeper appreciation" of art and history and culture. What a shallow, self-aggrandizing hypocrite. I'm all for fictional subversion of the dominant Catholic paradigm, but only if the subverter knows what the hell they're talking about. Brown DOESN'T. He's all "la la la, connect the dots" but the picture he comes up with is awkward and unconvincing.
The DaVinci Choad is a dead easy, nay, downright lazy read, and yet droves of people are patting themselves on the back for having read and *gasp* actually understood it. Like this is some spectacular achievement? WHY? What, because the slipcover describes it as "erudite"? Are you fucking kidding me?
Don't believe the hype, kids. You are profoundly more intelligent than this holiday page-turner gives you credit for.
If you really, honestly, just plain liked the book, that's cool I guess. Maybe you also prefer Anne Geddes to Alfred Stieglitz, Kenny G to Sidney Bechet, John Tesh to Igor Stravinsky. Your prerogative. Just.... please don't try to tell me that this is "fascinating" or "meaningful literature". Frickin' read The Club Dumas or something. Then we'll talk, and I won't want to shoot myself in the face.
Alright, glad I purged that poison from my system. Carry on.
I've read Iain Pear, I heart Foucault's Pendulum, Dashiell Hammett is my hero, Alan Moore is My Absolute Favorite, I listen to Coil on a fairly regular basis, and cloak n' dagger secret society/Priory of Sion/Knights of Templar-tinged num nums make me a very happy girl... but if you truly believe that Brown's stupid airport thriller has ANY right whatsoever to be placed in the same category with Michael "Wooden Dildo Dialogue" Crichton, let alone Umberto Eco, kindly keep this opinion very far away from me, or the ensuing conversation we have will not be constructive or polite in any way.
I loathe Dan Brown. I resent him for spoon-feeding the masses pseudo-intellectual "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" D-grade thriller shite under a pretense of real sophistication, and getting orally serviced by The New York Times for his effort.
I'd heard that the novel was meticulously researched and contained some really interesting and controversial assessments of religious zealotry. Um, not really? Well, not by my Merovingian standards, anyway. :D
Let's put it this way. If Dan Brown was teaching an Insurgent Christian Symbolism in Art and Literature 101 class at my local community college, I'd definitely have a different opinion about him.
But NO. Dan Brown is not a professor of anything but pap. He is a barely competent thriller writer who wrote an AWFUL book that I could not bear to finish because I felt my IQ plummeting a little further with every "Let's Go to Paris! Guidebook" description and blowhard authorial essay. Oh, don't even get me started about those cute soliloquies the main characters are so fond of delivering, ever so calmly, often while cops n' bovvers are chasing them.
The characters are weakly drawn. The dialogue is excruciating. The research is shoddy and self-serving at best. The plot, no matter how open-minded you are, is beyond ludicrous. It's laughable enough to be incorporated into the next Indiana Jones movie. That'd be sweet, dude.
What really irks me are Dan Brown's sanctimonious interviews, wherein he shows off all of his priceless antiques while expressing his abiding convictions that the American public needs a "deeper appreciation" of art and history and culture. What a shallow, self-aggrandizing hypocrite. I'm all for fictional subversion of the dominant Catholic paradigm, but only if the subverter knows what the hell they're talking about. Brown DOESN'T. He's all "la la la, connect the dots" but the picture he comes up with is awkward and unconvincing.
The DaVinci Choad is a dead easy, nay, downright lazy read, and yet droves of people are patting themselves on the back for having read and *gasp* actually understood it. Like this is some spectacular achievement? WHY? What, because the slipcover describes it as "erudite"? Are you fucking kidding me?
Don't believe the hype, kids. You are profoundly more intelligent than this holiday page-turner gives you credit for.
If you really, honestly, just plain liked the book, that's cool I guess. Maybe you also prefer Anne Geddes to Alfred Stieglitz, Kenny G to Sidney Bechet, John Tesh to Igor Stravinsky. Your prerogative. Just.... please don't try to tell me that this is "fascinating" or "meaningful literature". Frickin' read The Club Dumas or something. Then we'll talk, and I won't want to shoot myself in the face.
Alright, glad I purged that poison from my system. Carry on.
December 4, 2013
most of us have heard of this controverisal book. it takes an open minded person to read this and to remember it is just fiction. but it brings up a lot of important questions about the Christian church, and the loss of paganism and the respect of the Goddess or the Woman.
I don't care if I am the only one who likes this book. it is my own truth, and i will think what i want to think. Dan Brown didn't LEAD me or anyone else. he OPENED our minds. simply and importantly...he was just a catalyst for different thinking. that is a good thing...poorly written or not.
if you finish the book you will notice that Dan Brown even makes it clear to readers through his characters words, that he doesn't want to destroy christianity because it has done so much good for so many people, and if it works for them, let's let them continue to do what works for them. but find your own path.
if you were or are a Christian ask yourself about the topics in this book. They are so eye opening. Jesus having a baby? totally possible...never thought of it before. never thought of it. is it true? who knows. Things like this are happening all the time today...Weapons of Mass destruction in Iraq? sound familiar? Maybe the church repressed information LIKE this because it was a threat to the church. totally possible. The catholic church creating the biblical canon with a political agenda to wipe out paganism? actually this seems to be a fact. women being oppressed due to the fear of religous zealot men in power losing their power...never looked at it that way. but this seems to be a fact too. is it helpful in broadening my perspective of the fact that christianity is just a religion made by fallible people. it sure is. does it open my mind to other faiths like paganism, judiasm, islam, bhuddism, and want to take the truths from all of them, and then THINK FOR MYSELF and figure out my own truth. it sure does...and that is what this book has probably done for many other people. why do you think Dan Brown's book was on the bestseller list for so long...and became a movie...obviously it was doing some good.
I don't care if I am the only one who likes this book. it is my own truth, and i will think what i want to think. Dan Brown didn't LEAD me or anyone else. he OPENED our minds. simply and importantly...he was just a catalyst for different thinking. that is a good thing...poorly written or not.
if you finish the book you will notice that Dan Brown even makes it clear to readers through his characters words, that he doesn't want to destroy christianity because it has done so much good for so many people, and if it works for them, let's let them continue to do what works for them. but find your own path.
if you were or are a Christian ask yourself about the topics in this book. They are so eye opening. Jesus having a baby? totally possible...never thought of it before. never thought of it. is it true? who knows. Things like this are happening all the time today...Weapons of Mass destruction in Iraq? sound familiar? Maybe the church repressed information LIKE this because it was a threat to the church. totally possible. The catholic church creating the biblical canon with a political agenda to wipe out paganism? actually this seems to be a fact. women being oppressed due to the fear of religous zealot men in power losing their power...never looked at it that way. but this seems to be a fact too. is it helpful in broadening my perspective of the fact that christianity is just a religion made by fallible people. it sure is. does it open my mind to other faiths like paganism, judiasm, islam, bhuddism, and want to take the truths from all of them, and then THINK FOR MYSELF and figure out my own truth. it sure does...and that is what this book has probably done for many other people. why do you think Dan Brown's book was on the bestseller list for so long...and became a movie...obviously it was doing some good.
April 16, 2022
(A-) 80% | Very Good
Notes: Excessive exposition and ludicrous writing discolor an otherwise captivating, thought-provoking, page-turning read.
Notes: Excessive exposition and ludicrous writing discolor an otherwise captivating, thought-provoking, page-turning read.
August 12, 2024
The Movie Was Better
When the curator of The Louvre is found murdered, Robert Langdon finds himself in the middle of a mystery filled with riddles and puzzles. Will Langdon be able to figure out all of the clues?
The Da Vinci Code is structured in very short chapters which at first was refreshing but became old pretty fast. Instead of focusing on one major mystery with a bunch of players, there are a bunch of riddles to solve. Of course, I wasn鈥檛 able to solve the riddles (alright well I did solve the first riddle because if I was guessing someone鈥檚 password that would have been my very first try). The prose is simply horrible in this book. The sentences were very short.
To read this, you have to suspend reality (and not in a good way, yes, I鈥檓 talking to you all of my fantasy friends!). There was always a car ready to whisk them away. The police were constantly outsmarted. Planes could easily be redirected in mid-flight. If you ask Langdon the most basic yes/no question, he would answer you with a full treatise. But apparently this is really quite an aphrodisiac because the women seem to just love this nerdy guy.
Thank you to everyone who participated in The Da Vinci Code Readalong!
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
When the curator of The Louvre is found murdered, Robert Langdon finds himself in the middle of a mystery filled with riddles and puzzles. Will Langdon be able to figure out all of the clues?
The Da Vinci Code is structured in very short chapters which at first was refreshing but became old pretty fast. Instead of focusing on one major mystery with a bunch of players, there are a bunch of riddles to solve. Of course, I wasn鈥檛 able to solve the riddles (alright well I did solve the first riddle because if I was guessing someone鈥檚 password that would have been my very first try). The prose is simply horrible in this book. The sentences were very short.
To read this, you have to suspend reality (and not in a good way, yes, I鈥檓 talking to you all of my fantasy friends!). There was always a car ready to whisk them away. The police were constantly outsmarted. Planes could easily be redirected in mid-flight. If you ask Langdon the most basic yes/no question, he would answer you with a full treatise. But apparently this is really quite an aphrodisiac because the women seem to just love this nerdy guy.
Thank you to everyone who participated in The Da Vinci Code Readalong!
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
May 10, 2025
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乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳
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鬲丕賳賷 鬲噩乇亘丞 賱賷丕 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱賷丕賳丞 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賵賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲毓 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲賲鬲丕夭丞 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳
賵賰賲賱丕卅賰賴 賵卮賷丕胤賷賳 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賮賷 丕胤丕乇 鬲卮賵賷賯賷 賮毓賱丕 賷禺賱賷賰 賲爻鬲賳賷 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丞 丕賱賱賷 亘毓丿賴丕 賵鬲丨丕賵賱 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丨賯賷賯鬲賴丕 丕賵 丕氐賱賴丕 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 禺丕氐丕 丕賳賴丕 丕賱賲乇丞 丿賷 賲孬賷乇賴 賱賱噩丿賱 噩丿丕
賮賰賲丕 賯丿賲 賱賳丕 亘乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賷 氐丿丕賲 丕賱毓賱賲 賲毓 丕賱丿賷賳 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱爻丕亘毓 毓卮乇 亘丕賱兀禺氐 賲毓 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 噩丕賱賷賱賷賵 ..賴賳丕 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賯丿賲 , 賲賳 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵毓氐乇 丕賱賳賴囟丞 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱乇丕亘毓 毓卮乇 賲毓 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱噩丿賱 丨賵賱 賱賵丨鬲賴 丕賱兀卮賴乇 "丕賱毓卮丕亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇" 賵賱賷夭賷丿 賮賷 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 兀賰孬乇 毓賳 賮乇爻丕賳 丕賱賴賷賰賱 賵丕賱丨賲賱丞 丕賱氐賱賷亘賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賵丿 賯亘賱 毓氐乇 丕賱賳賴囟丞 亘孬賱丕孬 賯乇賵賳 鬲賯乇賷亘丕
賵賰賲丕賳 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 鬲丕賳賷丞 毓賳 丕賱鬲賳賵賷乇賷賷賳 賵丕賱賲丕爻賵賳 亘鬲賰賲賱 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱丕卅賰丞 賵卮賷丕胤賷賳
丕賮鬲賰乇 丕賳 賲賳 丕賱兀賮囟賱 丕賳賰 鬲丿禺賱 亘賷賳 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賮囟賱 賱賲毓乇賮丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱賮賳 賵丕賱毓賱賲 丕賱睾丕賲囟 毓賳丿 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵睾賷乇賴 賲賳 賮賳丕賳賷 毓氐乇賴...丕賲丕 毓賳 乇兀賷賷 亘賷賴丕 賮卮丕賷賮 賮毓賱丕 賮賷賴丕 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲 兀賰賷丿 賵亘毓囟賴丕 賷氐丿賲 亘丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷 賲賲丕 丕孬丕乇 丕賱噩丿賱 丨賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賱賰賳 亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺乇 賲賳賴丕 賷乇賲賷 亘氐賷氐 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳賵賷乇 毓賳 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 毓賳 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 毓丕賲丕 -賲孬賱 丨賯賷賯丞 馗乇賵賮 鬲毓賲賷丿 丕賱丕賲亘乇丕胤賵乇 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷 賵丕賱丕毓鬲乇丕賮 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷 亘丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賱賮乇爻丕賳 丕賱賴賷賰賱 賵賲丨丕賰賲丕鬲賴賲 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱噩丿賱 賵丕爻乇丕乇 丨乇賯 丕賱爻丕丨乇丕鬲 賵睾賲賵囟 賲氐賷乇 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞 賵睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賵丕囟賷毓 丕賱噩丿賱賷丞
-賵賰丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱爻丕亘賯 丕賱匕賰乇 , 亘賳噩丕丨 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀丿賷 賱賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賱賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 鬲賯賱賷丿賴丕 丕賵 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞
賵丕亘爻胤 賲孬丕賱 賱賲爻鬲賮賷丿賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賳噩丕丨 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵丕賳 賰丕賳 賯丿賲賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟 亘丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賵鬲毓丿賷 毓賱賷 丕賱丿賷賳 賳賮爻賴 賰賭賷賵爻賮 夭賷丿丕賳 賮賷 馗賱 丕賱兀賮毓賷 賵毓夭丕夭賷賱
賲毓 丕賳 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賳賮爻賴 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賯賷賱 丕賳賴丕 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞 賮賷 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 丕賱噩丿賱賷 丕賱賰賳爻賷 賰乇賵丕賷丞 丕賲亘乇鬲賵 丕賷賰賵
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賵亘乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷丕鬲 丕賱丕 丕賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賱賯 賳氐賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱卮賴乇丞 丕賱賵丕爻毓丞 丕賱丕 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賲 丕胤賱丕賯 毓賱賷賴丕 丿毓丕卅賷丕 "丕氐賱 乇賵丕賷丞 卮賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賱丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳
賵丕賷囟丕 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 毓賳氐乇 賱賵丨丞 丕賱毓卮丕亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賵賮乇爻丕賳 丕賱賴賷賰賱 丕賱鬲賷 兀孬丕乇鬲 噩丿賱丕 賲賳 賯亘賱 禺丕氐丕 亘毓丿 1997 亘氐丿賵乇 賰鬲丕亘
賱賰賳 賷馗賱 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賴賵 丕賱兀卮賴乇 賵丕賱兀賯賵賷 亘乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞 鬲賱賰
"賵乇亘賲丕 鬲賳亘兀 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 亘賴匕丕 丕賱丕毓鬲賱丕亍 毓賱賷 毓乇卮 丕毓賱賷 賲亘賷毓丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕孬賳丕亍 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘匕賰乇賴 賱賰鬲丕亘賷賳 賲賳 丕毓賱賷 賲亘賷毓丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳 賯亘賱賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賵丕乇 丕賱鬲丕賱賷:
丕賱匕賷 丿丕乇 亘賷賳 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賷丿 賳卮乇 賰鬲丕亘賴 丨賵賱 賳馗乇賷鬲賴 毓賳 丕賱賰兀爻 丕賱賲賯丿爻賴 賵亘賷賳 氐丿賷賯賴 賳丕卮乇 賰鬲亘賴 丕賱匕賷 賷爻丕賱賴 賱賲丕匕丕 賱賲 賷丨丕賵賱 丕丨丿 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 賯亘賱賴 賳卮乇 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 丨賵賱 匕賱賰 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓
賷賲賰賳 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀鬲 丕賱兀賯賵賷 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賵丕賱賱賷 丕毓噩亘賳賷 噩丿丕 噩夭亍 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳賴丕 賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 賮丨爻亘 -賱亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲 亘賴丕 賵賱賷爻 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯- , 賴賷 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 "賲孬賱 丨賯丕卅賯 丕賱乇賯賲 丕賱賲賯丿爻 賮丕賷貙 丕锘坟娯з� 毓亘乇 丕賱毓氐賵乇 , 賱賮馗丞 "兀賲賷賳" 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯賵賱賴丕 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 賵睾賷乇賴丕
賵 丕賷囟丕 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱兀賳孬賷 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 賵鬲丕乇賷禺 兀囟胤賴丕丿 丕賱兀賳孬賷 毓賱賷 賲乇 丕賱毓氐賵乇 賵丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 賰丕賳 賲賵賮賯 賮賷賴 噩丿丕 ... 賲毓 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賱賲賷丨丕鬲 賱賲毓乇賮賴 丿丕賮賳卮賷 亘丕爻乇丕乇 丕賱丕賳孬賷 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 賴賷 爻亘亘 賲賷賵賱賴 丕賱丕賳孬賵賷丞 , 賵丕賳 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 鬲賳丿乇噩 鬲丨鬲 亘賳丿 丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲
賵賱賰賳 賱賳丿毓 丕賱噩丿丕賱 丕賱丿賷賳賷 噩丕賳亘丕 ... 賱丕 兀賳賰乇 丕賳賳賷 丕丨鬲乇賲 賲賳 賷丿丕賮毓 毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 , 賵鬲兀鬲賷 丕賱賳噩賲丞 丕賱禺丕賲爻丞 賮賯胤 賱賮賯乇丞 賰丕賲賱丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 噩丿丕 ... 賴賷 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱匕賷 賷卮乇丨 賮賷賴 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 丕賴賲賷丞 丕賱丿賷賳 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賵丕賱匕賷 賯丿賲賴 亘卮賰賱 賲丨丕賷丿 賵賲鬲賲賷夭 亘毓賰爻 賲賱丨丿賷 毓氐乇賳丕 貙 賮亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賳賮爻賴 睾賷乇 賲丐賲賳 廿賱丕 兀賳 賰賱丕賲賴 毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 賰丕賳 賲賵賮賯丕 噩丿丕 賵賲丨鬲乇賲丕 賵賷噩毓賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀孬乇丕 噩賷丿丕 丨鬲賷 兀賳 丕禺鬲賱賮鬲 賲毓賴 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍
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賵賳毓賵丿 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
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賲孬賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱丕賵賱賷 卮禺氐賷丞 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賱賲 鬲禺乇噩 毓賳 丕胤丕乇賴丕..賳賮爻 丕賱丿賯丞 賮賷 乇爻賲 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞,賯賵賴 丕賱賲賱丕丨馗丞 賵鬲氐乇賮賴 賵賯鬲 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞..卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賴丕丿卅 丕賱賵賯賵乇 賵 '賰賲亘賷賵鬲乇' 乇賲賵夭 賲鬲賳賯賱
氐賵賮賷 賵賲丕囟賷賴丕 丕賱匕賷 賷胤丕乇丿賴丕 賲賳匕 丕賳 卮丕賴丿鬲 噩孬丞 噩丿賴丕 貙 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱乇賯賷賯丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 亘賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賵乇胤 賮賷 賲胤丕乇丿丞 賱賰卮賮 兀爻乇丕乇 噩賲丕毓丞 睾丕賲囟丞 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷 鬲賮乇賯鬲賴丕 毓賳 噩丿賴丕
賮賰乇丞 賲丕囟賷賴丕 賵丕賱賰卮賮 毓賳 丕賱賰賳賵夭 賵丕賱賰乇賷亘鬲賷賰爻 賲毓 噩丿賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賲鬲丕夭丞
賱丕丨馗 兀賳賰 鬲噩丿 丕賳 氐賵賮賷..噩丿賴丕..丕賱馗丕亘胤..丕賱毓丕賱賲..丕賱賰丕賴賳..賵丕賱賲噩乇賲 丕賱鬲丕卅亘..丿丕賮賳卮賷..賵丨鬲賷 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞
賰賱賴丕 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賴賲丞 賮賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賷鬲賲 賮賰 卮賮乇鬲賴賲 噩賲賷毓丕 賮氐賱 賮氐賱
賱賰賱 卮禺氐賷賴 卮賮乇丞, 卮賮乇丞 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳..賲丕囟賷..爻乇 丿賮賷賳..乇睾亘賴..毓賱丕賯賴..卮賮乇丞 鬲賳賰卮賮 賱賰
賵賱賰賳 亘鬲丿乇賷噩 賲丨爻賵亘 賵賲鬲賯賳 胤賵丕賱 丕锘坟ж�
賵 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱丕丨丿丕孬
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賵噩賴丕鬲 丕賱賳馗乇 丿丕卅賲丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩 賱亘乇丕毓賴 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞...賱賲 鬲賳賯氐 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 亘賱 賰丕賳鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 丕賰孬乇
賵丕賱賲乇丞 丿賷 賰賲丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 賷賵賲 賵丕丨丿 丕賵 賷賵賲 賵賳氐賮 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕鬲睾賷乇 賮賷 鬲賳賯賱 賲孬賷乇 賵爻賱爻 賵賱丕賷賯賱 爻丨乇 毓賳 乇賵賲丕 賵丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳..丕賱賲乇丞 丿賷 亘賷賳 亘丕乇賷爻 賱賷賱丕 賵丕賳噩賱鬲乇丕 氐亘丕丨丕
丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賴賳丕 丕賷囟丕 賲鬲賱丕丨賯丞 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 夭賲賳賷丞 鬲毓鬲亘乇 賯氐賷乇丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱乇賵丕賷丞 囟禺賲丞
賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨亘賰丞 鬲禺鬲賱賮..賮賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賴賵 丕賱賲胤丕乇丿 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱卮乇胤丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞 賵賱賷爻 賲爻丕毓丿丕 賱賱卮乇胤丞 賰賲丕 賰丕賳 賮賷 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳
賵丕賱賲卮賰賱丞 兀賳賴 賱賷爻 賲胤丕乇丿丕 賲賳 丕賱卮乇胤丞 賮丨爻亘....亘賱 賲賳 賲賳馗賲丞 丿賷賳賷丞 睾丕賲囟丞 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴丕 禺賱丕賱 丕锘坟ж� 賮賷 兀爻賱賵亘 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 賲鬲賱丕丨賯
丕賱賵氐賮 賱賱丕賲丕賰賳 賵丕賱賱賵丨丕鬲 賲鬲賯賳 賵 賱丕賷賮賵賯賴 丕賱丕 丕賱氐賵乇 丕賱賲賱賵賳丞 賮賷 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱賲氐賵乇丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
Illustrated Edition
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丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱賲胤丕乇丿丕鬲 賵丕賱丕禺鬲賮丕亍 賮賷 丕禺乇 賱丨馗丞
Narrow Escapes
賰丕賳 賰孬賷乇丕 噩丿丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 "賵丕賱賱賷 賰丕賳 賷卮賮毓 賱賱賮賷賱賲 賳噩丕丨賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賮賷 兀亘乇丕夭賴丕 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丕" 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 丿賴 夭丕丿 丕賱丕孬丕乇丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷 毓賳 爻丕亘賯鬲賴丕貙 賱賰賳賴 賰丕賳 丕丨賷丕賳丕 夭丕卅丿 噩丿丕 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賱丿乇噩丞 丕夭毓噩鬲賳賷 賮賷 兀丨丿賴賲丕
賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賳爻賵丕 丕賱賮賷賱賲 鬲賲丕賲丕 賵丕亘丿兀賵丕 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 .. 丨鬲賷 賱賵 賰丕賳 鬲賵賲 賴丕賳賰爻 賲亘丿毓 ..丕賱賲禺乇噩 乇賵賳 賴丕賵乇丿 毓亘賯乇賷..丨賷賮囟賱 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 丕賮囟賱 賲丐賱賮 賵賲禺乇噩 賵賲賲孬賱 毓賱賷 丕賱賵乇賯
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
丕賱丕爻賰賳丿乇賷賴 賲賳 10 賲丕乇爻 2013
丕賱賷 19 賲丕乇爻 2013
The English Review
First of all I hate Action books, thriller and just action novels.
I hate book would got that much of Facts that can sometimes got the equal pages of the novels events itself..
I love fiction ,I adore fiction with a hint of fantasy ,that make me escapes of our realistic, raw, ugly most of times, unpleasant world to another different one ..I'm a big fan of Harry Potter -although successfully made me read her greedy, realistic, raw, ugly most of times, unpleasant world on and even loving it -
So what kind of magic does got to make me fall in love with Robert Langdon's adventures?
*Is it his mixing and blending the real historical events with his non-stop thriller "fiction". I know some of the historical events he mention are true and some are not-or are they!? :)-?
*Is it the characters itself? The Mickey Mouse watch is amazing touch -as a Disney's big fan-
*Is it the talented story telling and the easy swift from a POV to another?
*or Is it the melting of the wall between the Hard and Row REAL Facts,Historical Events and Symbols meanings and Enjoying reading about it -WITHOUT being an expert or even interested to know about them from the start-
All of what I can say is that the search and hunt of that kind of a thriller novel,A SMART thriller is set for me by Dan Brown with these 2 novels "Angels and Demons" and the squeal "The Da Vinci Code"
March 2014
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷 賱賵 丨丕亘亘 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 賵丕賳鬲 亘鬲賯乇丕賴丕 亘噩丿 賱賷賴丕 丨賱 賲賳 丕賱丕鬲賳賷賳
1-Illustrated Edition 鬲賯乇兀 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 丕賱賲氐賵乇丞
兀賵
2- 賵丕賳鬲 鬲賯乇兀 賳爻禺鬲賰 鬲賮鬲丨 噩賵噩賱 氐賵乇 賵鬲亘丨孬 賵鬲卮賵賮 氐賵乇丞 賰賱 賲賰丕賳 賷夭賵乇賴 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳貙賰賱 賯丕毓丞 亘丕賱賱賵賮乇 兀賵 賱賵丨丞 賱丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵賲禺胤賵胤丕鬲賴貙 賵丕賱賰賳丕卅爻 賵卮賵丕乇毓 亘丕乇賷爻
兀賴賲 賱賵丨丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵爻乇 丨亘賰鬲賴丕貙 卮賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳卮賷貙 丕賱毓卮丕亍 丕賱丕禺賷乇
賵丕锘凤拷锟� 丕乇亘胤 丕賱丨夭丕賲貙 丕賱胤丕卅乇丞 爻鬲賯賱毓 亘賰 廿賱賷 亘丕乇賷爻 賱乇丨賱丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賲毓 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賱賰卮賮 兀爻乇丕乇賴丕貙禺亘丕賷丕賴丕 賵鬲丕乇賷禺賴丕
賵卮賮乇鬲赖丕
卮賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳卮賷
賲毓 賮鬲丕丞 鬲毓卮賯 賱毓亘丞 "丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賰賳夭" 賵囟丕亘胤 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 賵乇丕賴亘 賷爻毓賷 賱賱賯鬲賱 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕禺賮丕亍 爻乇 賵噩賲丕毓丕鬲 爻乇賷丞 賵丿賰鬲賵乇 賷毓乇賮 丕賰孬乇 賲賲丕 賷賳亘睾賷 賵丕賱兀賴賲
乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳
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鬲丕賳賷 鬲噩乇亘丞 賱賷丕 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱賷丕賳丞 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賵賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲毓 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲賲鬲丕夭丞 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳
賵賰賲賱丕卅賰賴 賵卮賷丕胤賷賳 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賮賷 丕胤丕乇 鬲卮賵賷賯賷 賮毓賱丕 賷禺賱賷賰 賲爻鬲賳賷 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丞 丕賱賱賷 亘毓丿賴丕 賵鬲丨丕賵賱 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丨賯賷賯鬲賴丕 丕賵 丕氐賱賴丕 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 禺丕氐丕 丕賳賴丕 丕賱賲乇丞 丿賷 賲孬賷乇賴 賱賱噩丿賱 噩丿丕
賮賰賲丕 賯丿賲 賱賳丕 亘乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賷 氐丿丕賲 丕賱毓賱賲 賲毓 丕賱丿賷賳 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱爻丕亘毓 毓卮乇 亘丕賱兀禺氐 賲毓 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 噩丕賱賷賱賷賵 ..賴賳丕 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賯丿賲 , 賲賳 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵毓氐乇 丕賱賳賴囟丞 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱乇丕亘毓 毓卮乇 賲毓 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱噩丿賱 丨賵賱 賱賵丨鬲賴 丕賱兀卮賴乇 "丕賱毓卮丕亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇" 賵賱賷夭賷丿 賮賷 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 兀賰孬乇 毓賳 賮乇爻丕賳 丕賱賴賷賰賱 賵丕賱丨賲賱丞 丕賱氐賱賷亘賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賵丿 賯亘賱 毓氐乇 丕賱賳賴囟丞 亘孬賱丕孬 賯乇賵賳 鬲賯乇賷亘丕
賵賰賲丕賳 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 鬲丕賳賷丞 毓賳 丕賱鬲賳賵賷乇賷賷賳 賵丕賱賲丕爻賵賳 亘鬲賰賲賱 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱丕卅賰丞 賵卮賷丕胤賷賳
丕賮鬲賰乇 丕賳 賲賳 丕賱兀賮囟賱 丕賳賰 鬲丿禺賱 亘賷賳 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賮囟賱 賱賲毓乇賮丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱賮賳 賵丕賱毓賱賲 丕賱睾丕賲囟 毓賳丿 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賵睾賷乇賴 賲賳 賮賳丕賳賷 毓氐乇賴...丕賲丕 毓賳 乇兀賷賷 亘賷賴丕 賮卮丕賷賮 賮毓賱丕 賮賷賴丕 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲 兀賰賷丿 賵亘毓囟賴丕 賷氐丿賲 亘丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷 賲賲丕 丕孬丕乇 丕賱噩丿賱 丨賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賱賰賳 亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺乇 賲賳賴丕 賷乇賲賷 亘氐賷氐 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳賵賷乇 毓賳 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 毓賳 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 毓丕賲丕 -賲孬賱 丨賯賷賯丞 馗乇賵賮 鬲毓賲賷丿 丕賱丕賲亘乇丕胤賵乇 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷 賵丕賱丕毓鬲乇丕賮 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷 亘丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷 賵賲丕丨丿孬 賱賮乇爻丕賳 丕賱賴賷賰賱 賵賲丨丕賰賲丕鬲賴賲 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱噩丿賱 賵丕爻乇丕乇 丨乇賯 丕賱爻丕丨乇丕鬲 賵睾賲賵囟 賲氐賷乇 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞 賵睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賵丕囟賷毓 丕賱噩丿賱賷丞
-賵賰丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱爻丕亘賯 丕賱匕賰乇 , 亘賳噩丕丨 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀丿賷 賱賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賱賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 鬲賯賱賷丿賴丕 丕賵 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞
賵丕亘爻胤 賲孬丕賱 賱賲爻鬲賮賷丿賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賳噩丕丨 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵丕賳 賰丕賳 賯丿賲賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟 亘丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賵鬲毓丿賷 毓賱賷 丕賱丿賷賳 賳賮爻賴 賰賭賷賵爻賮 夭賷丿丕賳 賮賷 馗賱 丕賱兀賮毓賷 賵毓夭丕夭賷賱
賲毓 丕賳 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賳賮爻賴 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賯賷賱 丕賳賴丕 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞 賮賷 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 丕賱噩丿賱賷 丕賱賰賳爻賷 賰乇賵丕賷丞 丕賲亘乇鬲賵 丕賷賰賵
1980
賵亘乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷丕鬲 丕賱丕 丕賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賱賯 賳氐賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱卮賴乇丞 丕賱賵丕爻毓丞 丕賱丕 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賲 丕胤賱丕賯 毓賱賷賴丕 丿毓丕卅賷丕 "丕氐賱 乇賵丕賷丞 卮賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳卮賷 賱丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳
賵丕賷囟丕 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 毓賳氐乇 賱賵丨丞 丕賱毓卮丕亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賵賮乇爻丕賳 丕賱賴賷賰賱 丕賱鬲賷 兀孬丕乇鬲 噩丿賱丕 賲賳 賯亘賱 禺丕氐丕 亘毓丿 1997 亘氐丿賵乇 賰鬲丕亘
賱賰賳 賷馗賱 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賴賵 丕賱兀卮賴乇 賵丕賱兀賯賵賷 亘乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞 鬲賱賰
"賵乇亘賲丕 鬲賳亘兀 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 亘賴匕丕 丕賱丕毓鬲賱丕亍 毓賱賷 毓乇卮 丕毓賱賷 賲亘賷毓丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕孬賳丕亍 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘匕賰乇賴 賱賰鬲丕亘賷賳 賲賳 丕毓賱賷 賲亘賷毓丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳 賯亘賱賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賵丕乇 丕賱鬲丕賱賷:
丕賱匕賷 丿丕乇 亘賷賳 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賷丿 賳卮乇 賰鬲丕亘賴 丨賵賱 賳馗乇賷鬲賴 毓賳 丕賱賰兀爻 丕賱賲賯丿爻賴 賵亘賷賳 氐丿賷賯賴 賳丕卮乇 賰鬲亘賴 丕賱匕賷 賷爻丕賱賴 賱賲丕匕丕 賱賲 賷丨丕賵賱 丕丨丿 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 賯亘賱賴 賳卮乇 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 丨賵賱 匕賱賰 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓
""These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time."
Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail."
"I was referring to the Bible."
賷賲賰賳 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀鬲 丕賱兀賯賵賷 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賵丕賱賱賷 丕毓噩亘賳賷 噩丿丕 噩夭亍 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳賴丕 賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 賮丨爻亘 -賱亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲 亘賴丕 賵賱賷爻 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯- , 賴賷 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丕賱賰賵賳賷丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 "賲孬賱 丨賯丕卅賯 丕賱乇賯賲 丕賱賲賯丿爻 賮丕賷貙 丕锘坟娯з� 毓亘乇 丕賱毓氐賵乇 , 賱賮馗丞 "兀賲賷賳" 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯賵賱賴丕 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 賵睾賷乇賴丕
賵 丕賷囟丕 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱兀賳孬賷 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 賵鬲丕乇賷禺 兀囟胤賴丕丿 丕賱兀賳孬賷 毓賱賷 賲乇 丕賱毓氐賵乇 賵丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 賰丕賳 賲賵賮賯 賮賷賴 噩丿丕 ... 賲毓 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賱賲賷丨丕鬲 賱賲毓乇賮賴 丿丕賮賳卮賷 亘丕爻乇丕乇 丕賱丕賳孬賷 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 賴賷 爻亘亘 賲賷賵賱賴 丕賱丕賳孬賵賷丞 , 賵丕賳 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 鬲賳丿乇噩 鬲丨鬲 亘賳丿 丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲
賵賱賰賳 賱賳丿毓 丕賱噩丿丕賱 丕賱丿賷賳賷 噩丕賳亘丕 ... 賱丕 兀賳賰乇 丕賳賳賷 丕丨鬲乇賲 賲賳 賷丿丕賮毓 毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 , 賵鬲兀鬲賷 丕賱賳噩賲丞 丕賱禺丕賲爻丞 賮賯胤 賱賮賯乇丞 賰丕賲賱丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 噩丿丕 ... 賴賷 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱匕賷 賷卮乇丨 賮賷賴 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 丕賴賲賷丞 丕賱丿賷賳 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賵丕賱匕賷 賯丿賲賴 亘卮賰賱 賲丨丕賷丿 賵賲鬲賲賷夭 亘毓賰爻 賲賱丨丿賷 毓氐乇賳丕 貙 賮亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賳賮爻賴 睾賷乇 賲丐賲賳 廿賱丕 兀賳 賰賱丕賲賴 毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 賰丕賳 賲賵賮賯丕 噩丿丕 賵賲丨鬲乇賲丕 賵賷噩毓賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀孬乇丕 噩賷丿丕 丨鬲賷 兀賳 丕禺鬲賱賮鬲 賲毓賴 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍
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賵賳毓賵丿 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
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賲孬賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱丕賵賱賷 卮禺氐賷丞 乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賱賲 鬲禺乇噩 毓賳 丕胤丕乇賴丕..賳賮爻 丕賱丿賯丞 賮賷 乇爻賲 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞,賯賵賴 丕賱賲賱丕丨馗丞 賵鬲氐乇賮賴 賵賯鬲 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 丕賱賲孬賷乇丞..卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賴丕丿卅 丕賱賵賯賵乇 賵 '賰賲亘賷賵鬲乇' 乇賲賵夭 賲鬲賳賯賱
氐賵賮賷 賵賲丕囟賷賴丕 丕賱匕賷 賷胤丕乇丿賴丕 賲賳匕 丕賳 卮丕賴丿鬲 噩孬丞 噩丿賴丕 貙 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱乇賯賷賯丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 亘賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賵乇胤 賮賷 賲胤丕乇丿丞 賱賰卮賮 兀爻乇丕乇 噩賲丕毓丞 睾丕賲囟丞 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷 鬲賮乇賯鬲賴丕 毓賳 噩丿賴丕
賮賰乇丞 賲丕囟賷賴丕 賵丕賱賰卮賮 毓賳 丕賱賰賳賵夭 賵丕賱賰乇賷亘鬲賷賰爻 賲毓 噩丿賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賲鬲丕夭丞
賱丕丨馗 兀賳賰 鬲噩丿 丕賳 氐賵賮賷..噩丿賴丕..丕賱馗丕亘胤..丕賱毓丕賱賲..丕賱賰丕賴賳..賵丕賱賲噩乇賲 丕賱鬲丕卅亘..丿丕賮賳卮賷..賵丨鬲賷 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞
賰賱賴丕 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賴賲丞 賮賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賷鬲賲 賮賰 卮賮乇鬲賴賲 噩賲賷毓丕 賮氐賱 賮氐賱
賱賰賱 卮禺氐賷賴 卮賮乇丞, 卮賮乇丞 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳..賲丕囟賷..爻乇 丿賮賷賳..乇睾亘賴..毓賱丕賯賴..卮賮乇丞 鬲賳賰卮賮 賱賰
賵賱賰賳 亘鬲丿乇賷噩 賲丨爻賵亘 賵賲鬲賯賳 胤賵丕賱 丕锘坟ж�
賵 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱丕丨丿丕孬
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 賵噩賴丕鬲 丕賱賳馗乇 丿丕卅賲丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩 賱亘乇丕毓賴 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞...賱賲 鬲賳賯氐 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 亘賱 賰丕賳鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 丕賰孬乇
賵丕賱賲乇丞 丿賷 賰賲丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 賷賵賲 賵丕丨丿 丕賵 賷賵賲 賵賳氐賮 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕鬲睾賷乇 賮賷 鬲賳賯賱 賲孬賷乇 賵爻賱爻 賵賱丕賷賯賱 爻丨乇 毓賳 乇賵賲丕 賵丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳..丕賱賲乇丞 丿賷 亘賷賳 亘丕乇賷爻 賱賷賱丕 賵丕賳噩賱鬲乇丕 氐亘丕丨丕
丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賴賳丕 丕賷囟丕 賲鬲賱丕丨賯丞 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 夭賲賳賷丞 鬲毓鬲亘乇 賯氐賷乇丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱乇賵丕賷丞 囟禺賲丞
賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨亘賰丞 鬲禺鬲賱賮..賮賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳 賴賵 丕賱賲胤丕乇丿 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱卮乇胤丞 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞 賵賱賷爻 賲爻丕毓丿丕 賱賱卮乇胤丞 賰賲丕 賰丕賳 賮賷 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳
賵丕賱賲卮賰賱丞 兀賳賴 賱賷爻 賲胤丕乇丿丕 賲賳 丕賱卮乇胤丞 賮丨爻亘....亘賱 賲賳 賲賳馗賲丞 丿賷賳賷丞 睾丕賲囟丞 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴丕 禺賱丕賱 丕锘坟ж� 賮賷 兀爻賱賵亘 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 賲鬲賱丕丨賯
丕賱賵氐賮 賱賱丕賲丕賰賳 賵丕賱賱賵丨丕鬲 賲鬲賯賳 賵 賱丕賷賮賵賯賴 丕賱丕 丕賱氐賵乇 丕賱賲賱賵賳丞 賮賷 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱賲氐賵乇丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
Illustrated Edition
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丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱賲胤丕乇丿丕鬲 賵丕賱丕禺鬲賮丕亍 賮賷 丕禺乇 賱丨馗丞
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賰丕賳 賰孬賷乇丕 噩丿丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 "賵丕賱賱賷 賰丕賳 賷卮賮毓 賱賱賮賷賱賲 賳噩丕丨賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賮賷 兀亘乇丕夭賴丕 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丕" 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 丿賴 夭丕丿 丕賱丕孬丕乇丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷 毓賳 爻丕亘賯鬲賴丕貙 賱賰賳賴 賰丕賳 丕丨賷丕賳丕 夭丕卅丿 噩丿丕 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賱丿乇噩丞 丕夭毓噩鬲賳賷 賮賷 兀丨丿賴賲丕
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The English Review
First of all I hate Action books, thriller and just action novels.
I hate book would got that much of Facts that can sometimes got the equal pages of the novels events itself..
I love fiction ,I adore fiction with a hint of fantasy ,that make me escapes of our realistic, raw, ugly most of times, unpleasant world to another different one ..I'm a big fan of Harry Potter -although successfully made me read her greedy, realistic, raw, ugly most of times, unpleasant world on and even loving it -
So what kind of magic does got to make me fall in love with Robert Langdon's adventures?
*Is it his mixing and blending the real historical events with his non-stop thriller "fiction". I know some of the historical events he mention are true and some are not-or are they!? :)-?
*Is it the characters itself? The Mickey Mouse watch is amazing touch -as a Disney's big fan-
*Is it the talented story telling and the easy swift from a POV to another?
*or Is it the melting of the wall between the Hard and Row REAL Facts,Historical Events and Symbols meanings and Enjoying reading about it -WITHOUT being an expert or even interested to know about them from the start-
All of what I can say is that the search and hunt of that kind of a thriller novel,A SMART thriller is set for me by Dan Brown with these 2 novels "Angels and Demons" and the squeal "The Da Vinci Code"
March 2014
July 17, 2007
This is a pretty formulaic page turner, a fun quick read. Written at about the level of the average Nancy Drew mystery, it is best appreciated at that level. As far as the content, there are howlers on virtually every page (starting with the hero who looks like "Harrison Ford in Harris tweed" and is a "Professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard" -- good work if you can find it). You have to ignore very pulpy, cheesy writing to enjoy this romantic thriller.
Intended as a book that a dedicated reader could finish in a day, or something you take to the beach and casually finish in a weekend, The Da Vinci Code makes for a reasonable airline novel, so much so that it is often a bit clunky in its desire to ensure that no intellectual effort on the reader's part will be required. Here's a recurring example in this novel: a bit of unfamiliar terminology, say "crux gemmata" (jeweled cross) will will be explained on page N, then on page N+1, a character will finger his jeweled cross and explain, "Oh, yes -- this is a crux gemmata." I've read dinner menus that were more demanding on the reader. My wife and I both read about a third of it in a day, sharing the same copy, and that's a full work day plus taking care of kids, bedtime, etc. That's also a kind of virtue, I guess -- it's fast and peppy.
As far as history goes, Dan Brown apparently thinks that "most historians" give credence to the hoary forgeries and frauds promoted in sensationalist best-sellers like . This author gets the best of both worlds: simultaneously claiming that "it's just fiction," while introducing the novel with claims that the historical record contained within is "fact." That claim is ridiculous. To pluck a random example, he spends some time talking about the Council of Nicaea, and incorrectly summarizes it as the origin of the doctrine of Christ's divinity by Constantine. He ignores the Arian controversy out of which it arose, which is like trying to explain the Treaty of Versailles without mentioning World War I. He ignores the documented fact, agreed upon even by the cheerleaders of the gnostics that he is sympathetic to, that the earliest gnostic doctrines held that Christ was *purely* God, and not really man -- the very reverse of the doctrine that serves as the linchpin of his novel's intellectual base (such as it is). This is a bad novel for weak or misinformed Christians, but anyone familiar with history should spot the train wreck of Brown's ideas a mile off.
Oh yes, and in Brown's world, Opus Dei has shadowy assassin "monks" (in real life, Opus Dei is not a monastic order -- there are no Opus Dei monks, let alone trained assassins), and the Catholic Church has been promulgating known lies as its central dogmas, promotes violence throughout the world, and has been retarding the progress of science and knowledge for 2 millennia. Brown leaves the reader with the impression that this, too, is a matter of settled historical record. Oh, but then again, it's just fiction. Except when it's not.
In general, if you're looking for a heady thriller wrapped around Christian arcana, I'd recommend Umberto Eco's excellent , not this dumbed down, by-the-numbers novel.
Intended as a book that a dedicated reader could finish in a day, or something you take to the beach and casually finish in a weekend, The Da Vinci Code makes for a reasonable airline novel, so much so that it is often a bit clunky in its desire to ensure that no intellectual effort on the reader's part will be required. Here's a recurring example in this novel: a bit of unfamiliar terminology, say "crux gemmata" (jeweled cross) will will be explained on page N, then on page N+1, a character will finger his jeweled cross and explain, "Oh, yes -- this is a crux gemmata." I've read dinner menus that were more demanding on the reader. My wife and I both read about a third of it in a day, sharing the same copy, and that's a full work day plus taking care of kids, bedtime, etc. That's also a kind of virtue, I guess -- it's fast and peppy.
As far as history goes, Dan Brown apparently thinks that "most historians" give credence to the hoary forgeries and frauds promoted in sensationalist best-sellers like . This author gets the best of both worlds: simultaneously claiming that "it's just fiction," while introducing the novel with claims that the historical record contained within is "fact." That claim is ridiculous. To pluck a random example, he spends some time talking about the Council of Nicaea, and incorrectly summarizes it as the origin of the doctrine of Christ's divinity by Constantine. He ignores the Arian controversy out of which it arose, which is like trying to explain the Treaty of Versailles without mentioning World War I. He ignores the documented fact, agreed upon even by the cheerleaders of the gnostics that he is sympathetic to, that the earliest gnostic doctrines held that Christ was *purely* God, and not really man -- the very reverse of the doctrine that serves as the linchpin of his novel's intellectual base (such as it is). This is a bad novel for weak or misinformed Christians, but anyone familiar with history should spot the train wreck of Brown's ideas a mile off.
Oh yes, and in Brown's world, Opus Dei has shadowy assassin "monks" (in real life, Opus Dei is not a monastic order -- there are no Opus Dei monks, let alone trained assassins), and the Catholic Church has been promulgating known lies as its central dogmas, promotes violence throughout the world, and has been retarding the progress of science and knowledge for 2 millennia. Brown leaves the reader with the impression that this, too, is a matter of settled historical record. Oh, but then again, it's just fiction. Except when it's not.
In general, if you're looking for a heady thriller wrapped around Christian arcana, I'd recommend Umberto Eco's excellent , not this dumbed down, by-the-numbers novel.
February 5, 2023
Alternate history, uchronias, and indirect criticism of faith and ideology combined into one of the most successful thriller series of all time.
The separate parts were already there
Everything was already on the table, many authors had dealt with the different ideas Brown is mixing together, and finding and recombining conspiracy theories isn麓t that complicated. It麓s the mix of different topics that interest many people stirred together that make it entertaining for the ones who like art or thrillers, for atheists and religious people, for the ones interested in plot or characterization, it麓s just difficult to find someone who would immediately say that she/he isn麓t interested in one of the plot vehicles.
Uchronia, dystopia, or big history?
It doesn麓t just relativizes general history, but religious and political history in a way that makes it a prime example of the fact that history and holy texts are written by the winners. Widening the range, questioning the status quo, and making people skeptical regarding omniscience, commandments, and whatever is something of huge importance. Brown did more than Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens combined and multiplied could have done in centuries by reaching so many people and making them think about the legitimation of any kind of belief.
Religious fan fiction
Imagine many people would start writing fanfiction like that about different religious texts, expanding universes with new and alternative prophets, letting the whole thing collapse into a parody of itself within years.
Hard vs soft science
I tend to equate religious, economic, and political science texts for the simple reason that, as soon as there is one more truth, or in hard science, formulas, and equations, the others or even the own one must the wrong. The more open criticism and sarcastic to profound interpretations of all those one hit wonders are made by sophisticated, young people, the less power all of those charlatanries can generate in their stupid quest towards the one and only variation of reality they want to establish.
Blasphemy in a
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
A wiki walk can be as refreshing to the mind as a walk through nature in this completely overrated real life outside books:
Sakrileg ist der Titel der 2004 erschienenen 脺bersetzung eines
The separate parts were already there
Everything was already on the table, many authors had dealt with the different ideas Brown is mixing together, and finding and recombining conspiracy theories isn麓t that complicated. It麓s the mix of different topics that interest many people stirred together that make it entertaining for the ones who like art or thrillers, for atheists and religious people, for the ones interested in plot or characterization, it麓s just difficult to find someone who would immediately say that she/he isn麓t interested in one of the plot vehicles.
Uchronia, dystopia, or big history?
It doesn麓t just relativizes general history, but religious and political history in a way that makes it a prime example of the fact that history and holy texts are written by the winners. Widening the range, questioning the status quo, and making people skeptical regarding omniscience, commandments, and whatever is something of huge importance. Brown did more than Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens combined and multiplied could have done in centuries by reaching so many people and making them think about the legitimation of any kind of belief.
Religious fan fiction
Imagine many people would start writing fanfiction like that about different religious texts, expanding universes with new and alternative prophets, letting the whole thing collapse into a parody of itself within years.
Hard vs soft science
I tend to equate religious, economic, and political science texts for the simple reason that, as soon as there is one more truth, or in hard science, formulas, and equations, the others or even the own one must the wrong. The more open criticism and sarcastic to profound interpretations of all those one hit wonders are made by sophisticated, young people, the less power all of those charlatanries can generate in their stupid quest towards the one and only variation of reality they want to establish.
Blasphemy in a
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
A wiki walk can be as refreshing to the mind as a walk through nature in this completely overrated real life outside books:
Sakrileg ist der Titel der 2004 erschienenen 脺bersetzung eines
August 7, 2021
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon #2), Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown.
It follows "symbologist" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene.
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The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown.
It follows "symbologist" Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris causes them to become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene.
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 03/06/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 15/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
May 26, 2007
A thriller devoid of pacing or exciting language. A mystery devoid of clues, foreshadowing, or facts. A tell-all of half-truths based upon a forged document written by a schizophrenic conman. A character-driven modern novel devoid of character. The second draft of Angels and Demons. Page-turning action thanks to the literary equivalent of pulling out at the moment of orgasm. A spiritual awakening built on new-age conspiracy theory. This book is many things, and none of them good, new, or interesting. However, it is an excellent litmus test for idealistic delusion.
Upon the first reading, I must admit I found it a bit interesting, but then I turned the final page, and there was no bibliography. No explanation of how the author became familiar with all the concepts he claimed to 'faithfully portray'. He wrote this book and pretended it was a history book, and then refused to support it in any way. And any history you can't check up on is a bad one.
He's no better than James Frey. In fact, he may be worse, since I know people who base their religious beliefs on this book, whereas Frey's only crime was wishing he was Scarface. And really, what macho thirtysomething male doesn't?
Brown had good reasons for hiding his sources: they were forged by con-man Pierre Plantard and snuck into the Bibliotheque National in Paris back in the seventies. And it's not like Plantard got away with it, either--the whole 'Priory of Sion' thing was debunked thirty years before this book was even written.
The artistic 'iconography' that figures heavily into the mystery is also completely made-up, and was declared ludicrous by an art history professor of my acquaintance. There are a lot of well-known symbols and allusions in classic art, but none of them resemble Brown's claims. The whole hinge on which the plot turns--the notion that an inverted triangle is automatically symbolic of women--makes about as much sense as declaring that the use of the swastika by 3rd century, BC Buddhists was proof that they were fascists.
The rest of Brown's book is filled with the sort of cliched religious conspiracies you get from your first year as a theology student. Not only that, but these conspiracies were already explored by better writers in and the .
Well, I've already done more legitimate historical research on this review than Brown did in his whole book, so I guess I'll call it a day.
Upon the first reading, I must admit I found it a bit interesting, but then I turned the final page, and there was no bibliography. No explanation of how the author became familiar with all the concepts he claimed to 'faithfully portray'. He wrote this book and pretended it was a history book, and then refused to support it in any way. And any history you can't check up on is a bad one.
He's no better than James Frey. In fact, he may be worse, since I know people who base their religious beliefs on this book, whereas Frey's only crime was wishing he was Scarface. And really, what macho thirtysomething male doesn't?
Brown had good reasons for hiding his sources: they were forged by con-man Pierre Plantard and snuck into the Bibliotheque National in Paris back in the seventies. And it's not like Plantard got away with it, either--the whole 'Priory of Sion' thing was debunked thirty years before this book was even written.
The artistic 'iconography' that figures heavily into the mystery is also completely made-up, and was declared ludicrous by an art history professor of my acquaintance. There are a lot of well-known symbols and allusions in classic art, but none of them resemble Brown's claims. The whole hinge on which the plot turns--the notion that an inverted triangle is automatically symbolic of women--makes about as much sense as declaring that the use of the swastika by 3rd century, BC Buddhists was proof that they were fascists.
The rest of Brown's book is filled with the sort of cliched religious conspiracies you get from your first year as a theology student. Not only that, but these conspiracies were already explored by better writers in and the .
Well, I've already done more legitimate historical research on this review than Brown did in his whole book, so I guess I'll call it a day.
May 20, 2022
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..丕..賵 乇睾賲 丨噩賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賰賵賲丿賷賳賵 丕賱丕 丕賳賴 丕賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘賲丕 賱丕 賷賯丕爻
丕噩賲賱 賲丕 賷賲賳丨賳丕 廿賷丕賴 廿賷 賰鬲丕亘 :丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞..賵
賴賳丕賰 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 鬲賲鬲 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴丕 賱鬲丨鬲賮馗 亘賴丕 賮賷 乇賮 禺丕氐 :乇賮 丕賱氐丿丕乇丞 ..賮亘毓囟 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 賱賳 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳賴丕 亘賳賮爻賰 丕亘丿丕
賵賱賰賳賰 爻鬲賱鬲賴賲賴丕 丕匕丕 賵囟毓賴丕 賱賰 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賮賷 丕胤丕乇 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 卮賷賯丞 賱賳 鬲賳爻丕賴丕 賲丕 丨賷锟斤拷鬲
賮賲賳 賷賳爻賶 丕賱卮賮乇丕鬲 丕賱亘丕乇毓丞 賵丕賱賱毓亘 亘丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲
..賵丕賱乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱賲爻鬲鬲乇丞..賵丕賱噩賳丕爻 丕賱鬲氐丨賷賮賷
..賵 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱賲鬲丕賲乇 囟丿 丕賱亘胤賱 賵丕賱丨賮賷丿丞
賵 鬲乇鬲賷亘 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賮賷 賷賵賲 賵丕丨丿 賮賷 亘乇丕毓丞 賱丕 鬲噩丿賴丕 丕賱丕 毓賳丿 亘乇丕賵賳
..賵 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
賵 丕賱囟噩丞 丕賱鬲賷 廿孬丕乇鬲賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. .丕賱囟噩丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀毓丕丿鬲 丕賱賰鬲亘 乇賵賳賯賴丕 馃摎賵 氐丕乇 丕賱噩丿賱 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 乇噩賱 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賵 賴賵 賷賳丕賯卮 兀丨丿丕孬 乇賵丕賷丞. .賱賷爻鬲 賲噩乇丿 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賱 賴賷 丨噩乇 丨乇賰 丕賱賲賷丕賴 丕賱丕丿亘賷丞 丕賱乇丕賰丿丞
..丕..賵 乇睾賲 丨噩賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賰賵賲丿賷賳賵 丕賱丕 丕賳賴 丕賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘賲丕 賱丕 賷賯丕爻
April 11, 2025
"丕賱噩賴賱 賷毓賲賷 兀亘氐丕乇賳丕 賵賷囟賱賱賳丕
兀賷賴丕 丕賱亘卮乇 丕賱賮丕賳賵賳 ! 丕賮鬲丨賵丕 兀毓賷賳賰賲 !"
賱賷賵賳丕乇丿賵 丿丕賮賳卮賷
賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻賷 "丿丕賳 亘乇賵丕賳" 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞, 賵丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賱卮禺氐賷丞 "乇賵亘乇鬲 賱丕賳噩丿賵賳" 毓丕賱賲 丕賱乇賲賵夭, 賷丨丿孬賳丕 毓賳 丕賱兀氐賵賱 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賱賵囟毓 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 孬賳丕賷丕 賯氐鬲賴 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 丕賱賲丨亘賵賰丞 噩賷丿丕賸, 賵丕賱賲乇氐毓丞 亘丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱賮賳賷丞 賱賮賳丕賳賷賳 鬲賲乇賰夭鬲 兀毓賲丕賱賴賲 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賯囟賷丞
"丕賱賰乇賷亘鬲賰爻"
"噩夭亍 賲賳 賱賵丨丞 丕賱毓卮丕亍 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賱賭 賱賷賵賳丕乇丿賵 丿丕賮賳卮賷"
賮賮賷 毓丕賱賲賳丕 丕賱丨丕賱賷 賷賳馗乇 賱賱賳爻丕亍 賳馗乇丞 丿賵賳賷丞, 賮賱丕 賷賵噩丿 丨丕禺丕賲丕鬲 賷賴賵丿賷丕鬲 賵賱丕 賰丕賴賳丕鬲 賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷丕鬲, 賵賱丕 卮賷禺丕鬲 賲爻賱賲丕鬲
賵賴匕丕 丕賱丨丕賱 賰丕賳 賲禺鬲賱賮丕賸 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 賮賷 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 丕賱賵孬賳賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞, 賮賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賴賷 乇賲夭 丕賱禺氐賵亘丞 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞, 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賲賯丿爻丞 賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賱丌賱賴丞 賳爻丕亍
賵賱賰賳 賲鬲賶 賵賰賷賮 丨丿孬 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賮賷 賳馗乇丞 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 賱賱賲乇兀丞責
"噩夭亍 賲賳 賱賵丨丞 丕賱賲賵賳丕賱賷夭丕"
賷毓賵丿 丕賱兀賲乇, 賰賲丕 賷丨賰賷 賱賳丕 丿丕賳 亘乇賵丕賳, 賱賱氐乇丕毓 亘賷賳 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 賵丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 丕賱賵孬賳賷丞 賮賷 丕賱丿賵賱丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷丞
賵賰丕賳 丌賳匕丕賰 丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱乇爻賲賷 賮賷 乇賵賲丕 賴賵 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱卮賲爻 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賯賴乇, 賵賰丕賳 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 賴賵 賰亘賷乇 賰賴賳鬲賴丕.
賱賰賳 賱爻賵亍 丨馗賴, 賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 丕賴鬲賷丕噩 丿賷賳賷 賲鬲夭丕賷丿 賷噩鬲丕丨 乇賵賲丕. 賮賯丿 賰丕賳 毓丿丿 兀鬲亘丕毓 丕賱賲爻賷丨 賷鬲囟丕毓賮 亘卮賰賱 賲賴賵賱, 賵匕賱賰 亘毓丿 賲乇賵乇 孬賱丕孬丞 賯乇賵賳 賲賳 氐賱亘賴
毓賳丿卅匕 亘丿兀 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷賵賳 賵丕賱賵孬賳賷賵賳 賷鬲丨丕乇亘賵賳 賵鬲氐丕毓丿鬲 丨丿丞 丕賱賳夭丕毓 亘賷賳賴賲丕 丨鬲賶 賵氐賱鬲 賱丿乇噩丞 賴丿丿鬲 亘丕賳賯爻丕賲 乇賵賲丕 廿賱賶 賯爻賲賷賳
賮乇兀賶 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 兀賳賴 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷鬲禺匕 賯乇丕乇 丨丕爻賲 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱禺氐賵氐. 賵賮賷 毓丕賲 325 賯乇乇 鬲賵丨賷丿 乇賵賲丕 鬲丨鬲 賱賵丕亍 丿賷賳 賵丕丨丿, 兀賱丕 賵賴賵 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞
賵賱賯丿 賰丕賳 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 乇噩賱 兀毓賲丕賱 丨丕丿 丕賱匕賰丕亍, 賮賯丿 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 兀賳 賷乇賶 兀賳 賳噩賲 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 賰丕賳 賮賷 氐毓賵丿 賮賯乇乇 亘亘爻丕胤丞 兀賳 賷乇丕賴賳 毓賱賶 丕賱賮乇爻 丕賱乇丕亘丨丞
賵丕鬲亘毓 胤乇賷賯丞 匕賰賷丞 賱鬲丨賵賷賱 丕賱賵孬賳賷賷賳 毓賳 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱卮賲爻 廿賱賶 丕毓鬲賳丕賯 丿賷賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞, 丨賷孬 兀賳賴 禺賱賯 丿賷賳丕賸 賴噩賷賳丕賸 賰丕賳 賲賯亘賵賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賱胤乇賮賷賳 賵匕賱賰 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丿賲噩 丕賱乇賲賵夭 賵丕賱鬲賵丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱胤賯賵爻 丕賱賵孬賳賷丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲賯丕賱賷丿 賵丕賱毓丕丿丕鬲 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞
毓賲賱賷丞 鬲卮賵賷賴 賮賷 丕賱卮賰賱, 賮兀孬丕乇 丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱賵孬賳賷 賮賷 丕賱乇賲賵夭 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱賵囟賵丨 賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 賳賰乇丕賳賴丕. 賮兀賯乇丕氐 丕賱卮賲爻 丕賱賲氐乇賷丞 兀氐亘丨鬲 丕賱賴丕賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賷胤 亘乇丐賵爻 丕賱賯丿賷爻賷賳 丕賱賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷賷賳, 賵丕賱乇賲賵夭 丕賱鬲氐賵賷乇賷丞 賱廿賷夭賷爻 賵賴賷 鬲丨囟賳 胤賮賱賴丕 丕賱賲毓噩夭丞 丨賵乇爻 兀氐亘丨鬲 兀爻丕爻 氐賵乇賳丕 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞 賱賲乇賷賲 丕賱毓匕乇丕亍 鬲丨鬲囟賳 賵鬲乇囟毓 丕賱賲爻賷丨 丕賱乇囟賷毓
賵賰賱 毓賳丕氐乇 丕賱胤賯賵爻 丕賱賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷丞 賲孬賱 鬲丕噩 丕賱兀爻賯賮 賵丕賱賲匕亘丨 賵丕賱鬲爻亘賷丨 賵丕賱賲賳丕賵賱丞 賵胤賯爻 "胤毓丕賲 丕賱乇亘", 賰賱賴丕 賲兀禺賵匕丞 賲亘丕卮乇丞 賲賳 兀丿賷丕賳 賯丿賷賲丞 賵孬賳賷丞 睾丕賲囟丞
賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 氐丿賮丞 兀賳 丕賱廿賱賴 丕賱賮丕乇爻賷 賲孬乇丕 - 賵丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷賱賯亘 兀賷囟丕賸 亘丕亘賳 丕賱乇亘 賵賳賵乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲 - 賰丕賳 賯丿 賵賱丿 25 丿賷爻賲亘乇, 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賲丕鬲 丿賮賳 賮賷 賯亘乇 丨噩乇賷 孬賲 亘毓孬 丨賷丕賸 亘毓丿 孬賱丕孬丞 兀賷丕賲.
丨鬲賶 兀賳 賷賵賲 丕賱毓胤賱丞 丕賱兀爻亘賵毓賷丞 賯丿 爻乇賯 賲賳 丕賱賵孬賳賷賳 毓丕亘丿賷 丕賱卮賲爻, 賮賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賰丕賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷賵賳 賷鬲毓亘丿賵賳 賲毓 丕賱賷賴賵丿 賮賷 賷賵賲 丕賱爻亘鬲, 孬賲 丕賳鬲賯賱賵丕 賱賱丕丨鬲賮丕賱 亘賷賵賲 丕賱兀丨丿 Sunday, 兀賷 賷賵賲 丕賱卮賲爻.
賵兀孬賳丕亍 毓賲賱賷丞 丿賲噩 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 鬲賱賰, 賰丕賳 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 亘丨丕噩丞 賱鬲賵胤賷丿 丕賱鬲毓丕賱賷賲 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞, 賮賯丕賲 亘毓賯丿 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕賱賲爻賰賵賳賷 丕賱匕賷 毓乇賮 亘丕賱賲噩賲毓 丕賱賳賷賯丕賵賷 賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 賲丿賷賳丞 賳賷賯丞
賵賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓 鬲賲鬲 賲賳丕賯卮丞 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 賲馗丕賴乇 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 賵丕賱鬲氐賵賷鬲 毓賱賷賴丕, 賲孬賱 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 爻賷鬲賲 賮賷賴 丕賱丕丨鬲賮丕賱 亘毓賷丿 丕賱賮氐丨 賵丿賵乇 丕賱兀爻丕賯賮丞 賵廿丿丕乇丞 丕賱兀爻乇丕乇 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 賵兀禺賷乇丕賸 廿賱賵賴賷丞 賷爻賵毓 丕賱賲爻賷丨
丨鬲賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞, 賰丕賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨 賮賷 賳馗乇 兀鬲亘丕毓賴 賳亘賷丕賸 賮丕賳賷丕賸... 乇噩賱 毓馗賷賲 匕賵 爻賱胤丞 賵丕爻毓丞, 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 賰丕賳 乇噩賱丕賸 ... 廿賳爻丕賳丕賸 賮丕賳賷丕賸
賱賷爻 丕亘賳 丕賱乇亘, 賮賮賰乇丞 丕亘賳 丕賱乇亘 賯丿 丕賯鬲乇丨鬲 乇爻賲賷丕賸 賵鬲賲 丕賱鬲氐賵賷鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱賲噩賱爻 丕賱賳賷賯丕賵賷, 賵賰丕賳 丕賱賮乇賯 賮賷 丕賱兀氐賵丕鬲 賷賰丕丿 賱丕 賷匕賰乇.
睾賷乇 兀賳 鬲兀賰賷丿 賮賰乇丞 廿賱賵賴賷丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨 賰丕賳 囟乇賵乇賷丕賸 噩丿丕賸 賱鬲賵胤賷丿 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賮賷 丕賱廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷丞 賵賱廿賯丕賲丞 丕賱賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 賱爻賱胤丞 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳
賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賲氐丕丿賯丞 丕賱乇爻賲賷丞 毓賱賶 賰賵賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨 廿亘賳丕賸 賱賱乇亘, 丨賵賱 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 丕賱賲爻賷丨 廿賱賶 廿賱賴 賲鬲乇賮毓 毓賳 毓丕賱賲 丕賱亘卮乇 ... 賰賷賳賵賳丞 鬲鬲賲鬲毓 亘爻賱胤丞 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲丨丿賷丿賴丕 兀亘丿丕賸
賵賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲乇 賱賲 賷毓賲賱 毓賱賶 賵囟毓 丨丿 賱鬲丨丿賷丕鬲 丕賱賵孬賳賷賷賳 賱賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 賮丨爻亘, 亘賱 亘爻亘亘 匕賱賰 賱賳 賷鬲賲賰賳 兀鬲亘丕毓 丕賱賲爻賷丨 丕賱丌賳 賲賳 丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 丕賱禺胤丕賷丕 廿賱丕 亘賵丕爻胤丞 胤乇賷賯 賲賯丿爻丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賵賴賷 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷丞
廿賳 丕賱賲爻兀賱丞 賰賱賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲爻兀賱丞 爻賱胤丞 賵賳賮賵匕 賱丕 兀賰孬乇
賵亘賲丕 兀賳 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 賯丿 賯丕賲 亘乇賮毓 賲賳夭賱丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨 亘毓丿 賲囟賷 丨賵丕賱賷 兀乇亘毓丞 賯乇賵賳 毓賱賶 賲賵鬲賴, 賮賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 賴賳丕賰 丕賱丌賱丕賮 賲賳 丕賱賵孬丕卅賯 丕賱鬲賷 爻噩賱鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 廿賳爻丕賳 賮丕賳
賵毓乇賮 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 兀賳賴 賱賰賷 賷鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 廿毓丕丿丞 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺, 賰丕賳 亘丨丕噩丞 廿賱賶 囟乇亘丞 噩乇賷卅丞
賮兀賲乇 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳, 亘廿賳噩賷賱 噩丿賷丿 賵賯丕賲 亘鬲賲賵賷賱賴. 兀亘胤賱 賮賷賴 丕賱兀賳丕噩賷賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨丿孬鬲 毓賳 丕賱爻賲丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賱賱賲爻賷丨 賵夭賷賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 兀馗賴乇鬲 丕賱賲爻賷丨 亘氐賮丕鬲 廿賱賴賷丞 賵丨乇賲鬲 丕賱兀賳丕噩賷賱 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賵鬲賲 噩賲毓賴丕 賵丨乇賯賴丕
賵賰丕賳 賰賱 賲賳 賷賮囟賱 丕賱兀賳丕噩賷賱 丕賱賲賲賳賵毓丞 毓賱賶 賳爻禺丞 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳, 賷鬲賴賲 亘丕賱賴乇胤賯丞 賵賰賱賲丞 賲賴乇胤賯 鬲毓賵丿 廿賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞, 賵廿賳 丕賱賰賱賲丞 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賴賷乇賷鬲賷賰賵爻 haereticus 鬲毓賳賷 丕賱丕禺鬲賷丕乇 賵賱匕丕 賮兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱匕賷賳 丕禺鬲丕乇賵丕 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀氐賱賷 賱賱賲爻賷丨 賰丕賳賵丕 兀賵賱 (丕賱賲賴乇胤賯賷賳) 賮賷 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺
賵賱丨爻 丨馗 丕賱賲丐乇禺賷賳, 賮廿賳 亘毓囟 丕賱兀賳丕噩賷賱 丕賱鬲賷 丨丕賵賱 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 賲丨賵賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賵噩賵丿 鬲賲賰賳鬲 賲賳 丕賱賳噩丕丞. 賮賯丿 鬲賲 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 賵孬丕卅賯 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賱賲賷鬲 毓丕賲 1950 賲禺亘兀丞 賮賷 賰賴賮, 賰賲丕 毓孬乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賵孬丕卅賯 丕賱賯亘胤賷丞 1945.
賵賯丿 鬲丨丿孬鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱賵孬丕卅賯 毓賳 賰賴賳賵鬲 丕賱賲爻賷丨 亘賲氐胤賱丨丕鬲 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 兀賳賴丕 乇賵鬲 賯氐丞 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞
賵賯丿 丨丕賵賱 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 廿禺賮丕亍 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵鬲囟賱賷賱 丕賱亘卮乇, 兀賳 賷賲賳毓 賳卮乇 鬲賱賰 丕賱賵孬丕卅賯. 丨賷孬 兀賳 丕賱賵孬丕卅賯 鬲賱賯賷 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 賵賮亘乇賰丕鬲 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賮丕囟丨丞 鬲丐賰丿 亘卮丿丞 兀賳 丕賱廿賳噩賷賱 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賰丕賳 賯丿 噩賲毓 賵賳賯禺 毓賱賶 賷丿 乇噩丕賱 匕賵賷 兀賴丿丕賮 爻賷丕爻賷丞 鬲鬲噩賱賶 亘賳卮乇 兀賰丕匕賷亘 丨賵賱 廿賱賵賴賷丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賷爻賵毓 丕賱賲爻賷丨 賵丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 鬲兀孬賷乇賴 賱鬲丿毓賷賲 賯丕毓丿丞 爻賱胤鬲賴賲 賵賳賮賵匕賴賲
廿賳 丕賱賰賳爻賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 亘丨丕噩丞 賱廿賯賳丕毓 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘兀賳 丕賱賳亘賷 丕賱賮丕賳賷 賷爻賵毓 丕賱賲爻賷丨 賰丕賳 賰丕卅賳丕賸 廿賱賴賷丕賸
賵賱賴匕丕 賮廿賳 兀賷 廿賳噩賷賱 賲賳 丕賱兀賳丕噩賷賱 賰丕賳 賷鬲囟賲賳 賮賷 胤賷丕鬲賴 賵氐賮丕賸 賱賲馗丕賴乇 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賮丕賳賷丞 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨, 賰丕賳 賷噩亘 丨匕賮賴 賲賳 丕賱廿賳噩賷賱 丕賱匕賷 噩賲毓 賮賷 毓賴丿 賯爻胤賳胤賷賳
賱賰賳 賲賳 爻賵亍 丨馗 丕賱賲丨乇乇賷賳 丕賱兀賵丕卅賱, 賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 賲賵囟賵毓 亘卮乇賷 賲夭毓噩 賷鬲賰乇乇 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀賳丕噩賷賱, 賵賴賵 賲賵囟賵毓 夭賵丕噩 賷爻賵毓 賲賳 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞
賵丕賱鬲賷 丨爻亘 廿賳噩賷賱 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞, 賴賷 賲賳 丕禺鬲丕乇賴丕 賷爻賵毓 賱賷毓賴丿 廿賱賷賴丕 亘鬲毓丕賱賷賲 亘賳丕亍 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 鬲賲 丕睾鬲賷丕賱賴, 賵丕毓鬲乇囟 亘胤乇爻 丕賱賲鬲毓氐亘 賱賱乇噩丕賱, 賵丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷睾丕乇 賲賳賴丕, 亘卮丿丞.
賵鬲丨賵賱鬲 賲乇賷賲 丕賱賲噩丿賱賷丞 賲賳 爻賷丿丞 睾賳賷丞 賲賳 丕賱爻賱丕賱丞 丕賱賲賱賰賷丞, 廿賱賶 賮賯賷乇丞 賲賵賲爻 賮賷 丕賱毓賴丿 丕賱噩丿賷丿, 賱賰賷 賷丨胤賵丕 賲賳 賯丿乇賴丕, 賵賲賳 亘毓丿賴丕 賯丿乇 賰賱 兀賳孬賶.
賰丕賳 兀丨丿 兀爻丕爻丕鬲 丕賱丿賷丕賳丕鬲 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賲賮賴賵賲 兀賳 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賴賷 丕賱賲丕賳丨丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞. 丨賷孬 兀賳 毓賲賱賷丞 丕賱賵賱丕丿丞 賰丕賳鬲 丨丿孬丕賸 爻丨乇賷丕賸 賵賲丐孬乇丕賸
賵賱賰賳 匕賱賰 賰丕賳 賷鬲毓丕乇囟 賲毓 賲氐丕賱丨 乇噩丕賱 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞, 賰賲丨鬲賰乇賷 胤乇賷賯 丕賱禺賱丕氐, 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賱賷賲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賳丨 賱賱亘卮乇 兀賮囟賱 丨賷丕丞. 賰賲丕 兀賳 賮賰乇丞 丕賱兀賳孬賶 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 鬲睾匕賷 賮賰乇丞 丕賱丌賱賴丞 丕賱兀賳孬賶 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 賮賷 賲賯丕亘賱 丕賱廿賱賴 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷 賷爻賵毓.
賮賯乇乇鬲 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 兀賳 鬲爻乇賯 賯賵丞 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱禺丕賱賯丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 廿賳賰丕乇 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱亘賷賵賱賵噩賷丞 賵噩毓賱 丕賱乇噩賱 賴賵 丕賱禺丕賱賯. 賷禺亘乇賳丕 爻賮乇 丕賱鬲賰賵賷賳 兀賳 丨賵丕亍 禺賱賯鬲 賲賳 囟賱毓 丌丿賲. 賵亘匕賱賰 兀氐亘丨鬲 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮乇毓丕賸 賲賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賵丕賱兀爻賵兀 賴賵 兀賳賴丕 丕乇鬲賰亘鬲 禺胤賷卅丞 賲賳 兀噩賱 匕賱賰. 賰丕賳 爻賮乇 丕賱鬲賰賵賷賳 賴賵 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱丌賱賴丞 丕賱兀賳孬賶.
賯爻胤賳胤賷賳 賵禺賱賮丕丐賴 丕賱匕賰賵乇 賳噩丨賵丕 賮賷 鬲丨賵賷賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳 丕賱賵孬賳賷丞 丕賱賲丐賳孬丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱匕賰賵乇賷丞 賵匕賱賰 亘廿胤賱丕賯 丨賲賱丕鬲 鬲卮賴賷乇 丨賵賱鬲 丕賱兀賳孬賶 丕賱賲賯丿爻丞 廿賱賶 卮賷胤丕賳 賲乇賷丿 賵賲丨鬲 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 兀賷 兀孬乇 賱賱丌賱賴丞 丕賱兀賳孬賶 賮賷 丕賱丿賷賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬
賵賱賲 賷鬲賵賯賮 丕賱兀賲乇 毓賳丿 丕賱兀賳孬賶 賮賯胤, 賮賯丿 賯丕賲鬲 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 亘鬲卮賵賷賴 賰賱 乇賲賵夭 丕賱丿賷丕賳丕鬲 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賵卮賷胤賳鬲賴丕
賮丕賱賳噩賲丞 丕賱禺賲丕爻賷丞 乇賲夭 賮賷賳賵爻 丌賱賴丞 丕賱兀賳賵孬丞 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱噩賲丕賱, 鬲賲 鬲毓丿賷賱賴丕 亘賵丕爻胤丞 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷丞 丕賱賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賱鬲氐亘丨 乇賲夭 賱賱卮賷胤丕賳
賵乇賲丨 亘賵爻賷丿賵賳 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷 兀氐亘丨 卮賵賰丞 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳
賵賯亘毓丞 丕賱毓噩賵夭 丕賱丨賰賷賲丞 丕賱賲丿亘亘丞 兀氐亘丨鬲 乇賲夭 丕賱爻丕丨乇丞 丕賱卮賲胤丕亍
賵亘丕賮賵賲賷鬲, 廿賱賴 丕賱禺氐賵亘丞 賵丕賱廿賳噩丕亘, 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲賲孬賱 亘乇兀爻 禺乇賵賮, 賴賵 鬲氐賵乇 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳 匕賵 丕賱賯乇賳賷賳 丕賱丨丕賱賷
賵兀氐亘丨鬲 賰賱賲丞 亘賷噩丕賳 鈥� 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 鈥� 鬲乇丕丿賮 鬲賯乇賷亘丕賸 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳, 賵丕賱亘賷噩丕賳夭 賴賲 丨乇賮賷丕賸 爻賰丕賳 丕賱賯乇賶, 賵丕賱匕賷賳 賱賲 賷丐賲賳賵丕 亘賲匕賴亘 賲毓賷賳 賵鬲賲爻賰賵丕 亘丕賱兀丿賷丕賳 丕賱賯乇賵賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賵賲 毓賱賶 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞. 賵賵氐賱 禺賵賮 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 賲賳賴賲 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳 賰賱賲丞 "賮賷賱丕賳" 兀賷 丕賱賯乇賵賷, 賵丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷賵賲丕賸 亘乇賷卅丞, 兀氐亘丨鬲 鬲毓賳賷 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱卮乇賷乇丞.
孬賲 賰丕賳 兀賰孬乇 賰鬲丕亘 丿賲賵賷 毓乇賮賴 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯, 賵賴賵 "賲丕賱賵爻 賲丕賱賮賷賰丕乇賵賲" 鈥� 兀賵 賲胤乇賯丞 丕賱爻丕丨乇丕鬲 - 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賱賯賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賰乇丞 "禺胤乇 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱賲賱丨丿丕鬲 匕賵丕鬲 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱賲鬲丨乇乇丞"
賵毓賱賲鬲 丕賱廿賰賱賷乇賵爻 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賷賴賳 賵鬲毓匕賷亘賴賳 賵賯鬲賱賴賳
賵賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱賱賵丕鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲丨賰賲 毓賱賷賴賳 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 亘兀賳賴賳 "爻丕丨乇丕鬲" 賰賳 賰賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲丕鬲 賵丕賱賰丕賴賳丕鬲 賵丕賱睾噩乇賷丕鬲 賵丕賱賲鬲氐賵賮丕鬲 賵賲丨亘丕鬲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵噩丕賲毓丕鬲 丕賱兀毓卮丕亘 丕賱胤亘賷丞
賵賰丕賳 賷鬲賲 賯鬲賱 丕賱賯丕亘賱丕鬲 亘爻亘亘 賲賲丕乇爻鬲賴賲 丕賱賲賴乇胤賯丞 丨賷孬 賷爻鬲禺丿賲賳 丕賱禺亘乇丞 賵丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱胤亘賷丞 賱鬲禺賮賷賮 丌賱丕賲 丕賱賵囟毓 鈥� 賵賴賷 丨爻亘 丕丿毓丕亍 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丌賱丕賲 賮乇囟鬲賴丕 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱廿賱賴賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳爻丕亍 毓賯丕亘丕賸 賱賴賳 毓賱賶 匕賳亘 丨賵丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 兀賰賱鬲 賲賳 鬲賮丕丨丞 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞, 賵賴匕丕 丕賱廿丿毓丕亍 賰丕賳鬲 賮賰乇丞 賳卮賵亍 丕賱禺胤賷卅丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶
賵賱毓賱賰賲 鬲匕賰乇賵賳 兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賳毓 丕爻鬲賲乇 賱賱毓氐賵乇 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞, 丨賷孬 兀賳賴 毓賳丿賲丕 丕賰鬲卮賮 丕賱賲禺丿乇 賮賷 兀賵賱 丕賱兀賲乇 丨馗乇鬲 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲賴 賮賷 丕賱賵賱丕丿丞
賵賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 兀孬賲乇 鬲卮賵賷賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵廿乇丕賯丞 丕賱丿賲丕亍, 賵鬲賲 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 禺賲爻丞 賲賱丕賷賷賳 爻丕丨乇丞 賮賷 禺賱丕賱 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 賯乇賵賳 丕賱兀賵賱賶
**
賵 賷亘丿賵 賱賷 兀賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 賲孬賱 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賲賳 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞, 鬲賲鬲 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 賰賲賯丕賱 兀賵 亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓, 孬賲 兀丿禺賱 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱丨賵丕乇, 賮廿匕丕 兀夭賱鬲 鬲毓賱賷賯丕鬲 "氐賵賮賷", 爻鬲噩丿 賲賵囟賵毓丕賸 賲賮氐賱丕賸. 賵亘賴匕賴 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 兀丨爻爻鬲 亘賵噩賵丿 賳賯氐 賲丕 賰丕賳 賯丿 賰鬲亘賴 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 賵賱賰賳賴 丕賯鬲胤毓賴 賱丕丨賯丕賸. 噩夭亍 毓賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨 丕賱兀賵賱賶. 乇亘賲丕 賱賲 賷賰賳 賲鬲兀賰丿丕賸 賵乇亘賲丕 兀乇丕丿 丨氐乇 乇丿賵丿 丕賱賮毓賱 丕賱睾丕囟亘丞 賮賷 夭丕賵賷丞 囟賷賯丞.
賱賯丿 賯丿賾賲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賰鬲丕亘賴 賮賷 兀賰鬲乇 氐賷睾丞 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 賷乇囟賷 亘賴丕 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷賷賳, 賱賯丿 賯丿賾賲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賯乇丕亘賷賳 丕賱賲賵丿丞 賱賷賰爻亘賴賲 賮賷 氐賮賴 囟丿 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷丞, 丕賱鬲賷 賯丿賲賴丕 賵賰兀賳賴丕 賯丿 禺丿毓鬲 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷賷賳.
賱賯丿 賯丿賾賲 鬲丕乇賷禺 賲賵丕夭賷, 賲禺丕賱賮 賱賲丕 賷乇賵賷賴 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳, 賮賲丕 賰丕賳 賲賳 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳 廿賱丕 兀賳 兀賲乇鬲 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷賷賳 亘毓丿賲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘.
鬲毓賲, 賳丨賳 賮賷 丕賱兀賱賮賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賵賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷馗賳 兀賳賴 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷賲賳毓 丕賱賳丕爻 賲锟斤拷 賯乇丕亍丞 卮賷卅丕賸. 賵鬲鬲賵賴賲 丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳 亘兀賳賴 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲禺亘乇 丕賱賳丕爻 亘兀賳 賯乇丕亍丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丨乇丕賲, 賮爻賷賲鬲賳毓賵賳 毓賳賴.
賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 鬲鬲毓賲丿 丕賱鬲夭賷賷賮 亘兀賳 丿丕賳 亘乇賵丕賳 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱賲爻賷丨 亘爻賵亍, 賵丕賱賵丕賯毓 兀賳賴 廿賳賲丕 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱賰丕孬賵賱賷賰賷丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷丞 (丕賱賮丕鬲賷賰丕賳) 賮賯胤 亘丕賱爻賵亍.
"賰孬賷乇賵賳 賴賲 丕賱匕賷賳 丕鬲禺匕賵丕 賲賳 丕賱兀賵賴丕賲
賵丕賱賲毓噩夭丕鬲 丕賱夭丕卅賮丞 賵禺匕丕毓 丕賱亘卮乇 鬲噩丕乇丞 賱賴賲"
賱賷賵賳丕乇丿賵 丿丕賮賳卮賷
**
鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱丿丕乇 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賱賱毓賱賵賲 賱賭爻賲丞 賲丨賲丿 毓亘丿 乇亘賴, 噩賷丿丞 賵兀賲賷賳丞, 賵鬲丨丕賰賷 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱兀賯氐賶 丨丿 賲賲賰賳
August 23, 2011
OKAY PEOPLE鈥omeone let me in on the gag because between the cries of "Greatest Book of Greaty Greatness EVER" and the screams of "Lamest Load of Lamey Lameness EVER", my itty bitty brain is left very鈥�
So post Hype-a-ganza, I finally got around to reading this popular, polarizing, pop culture icon and thought it was鈥�.drum roll鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€INE(sigh). It was a solid read with a slight lean towards the 鈥渆h鈥� side of MEH and few moments of genuine 鈥渢hat鈥檚 neat.鈥� I don鈥檛 see all the love and I don鈥檛 see all the rage. Other than the obvious religious flavor of the content, it reminded me of your typical page-turning, popcorn beach read and I thought it accomplished its goal in decent, if unremarkable, fashion.
Now I have a strict 鈥渄on鈥檛 ask, don鈥檛 tell, don鈥檛 mock, don鈥檛 preach鈥� approach when it comes to religiousness so I am going to ignore the bird-flipping Vatican bash aspects of the story, though I can certainly see people on both sides of the fence having 鈥渆pic rah rah鈥� or 鈥渆pic fail鈥� reactions and I respect that. For me, it didn鈥檛 move my needle much in either direction beyond my fondness for the 鈥渂ig hidden history mystery鈥� which is something I generally really enjoy.
The plot of this one has been talked to death and beyond so rather than adding one more jelly bean to the jar, I thought I would just run down a few likes and dislikes about the story and leave it at that.
TURN ONS
1. Conspiracy theories: are just fully fun and I am a major sucker for plots concerning 鈥渟hadow鈥� histories and secret people doing secret things behind secret doors for reasons that are SHHHHHHH. I love a good conspiracy. Find me a rumor involving Kim Kardashian being a Bilderberger and using a secret banking pipeline running from Area 51 through Microsoft to the Saudi Royal Family and laundering vast monies to be used to coordinate the sale of Boise, Idaho to a mysterious consortium headed by Jay Z and Justin Bieber who will then turn the city into a giant quasi-government facility used for the testing of alien 鈥渃loning鈥� technology鈥︹€︹€︹€�.and I am glued to my seat and ONE HAPPY FELLA.
2. Knights Templar: As much as I love conspiracies in general, when you throw the Knights Templar into the mix, it鈥檚 gonna perk me up better than a latte enema. I am always in favor of having them show up as a lynch pin to any massive global plot. The Knights Templar are like caramel on ice cream and just make a good conspiracy better. I had a lot of fun with the rehash of the Templar鈥檚 place in the center of EVERYTHING.
3. Symbology, Da Vinci and the Holy Grail (the IDEA): I thought the major plot components themselves were interesting and I enjoyed following the hidden clues, messages, riddles and the tie in to all of the famous historical artifacts. It was fun. I also liked the 鈥渉istorical significance鈥� of the search (i.e., the 鈥渂ig reveal鈥�) and the implications to the world if revealed.
TURN OFFS
1. Symbology, Da Vinci and the Holy Grail (the EXECUTION): As much as I enjoyed the plot concept, the execution of the story was often frustrating and occasionally insulting. I鈥檓 not talking about the clunky, 鈥渟erviceable at best鈥� prose as that鈥檚 gotten enough play without my squirting lighter fluid on the bonfire. My issue is more with Dan feeling the need to 鈥渟poon feed鈥� me details about his 鈥渙h so clever plot鈥� so that my economy-sized brain could grasp it.
For example, there would be a 鈥渞eveal鈥� that I thought was interesting鈥�.and then Dan would exhaust me with explaining EXACTLY what that meant and EXACTLY what the implications were and make sure I knew EXACTLY what he had told me. I get it Mr. Brown, heard you the first time.
2. THRILLer killing amounts of PLOD: For a page turning, actiony thriller, there was just too much sideways movement of the plot and some really unnecessary amounts of plod to the narrative. Part of this has to do with the excessive 鈥渉and holding鈥� Dan does with his audience mentioned above. However, there are also WAY too much time spent slowing down to take a look around and where we are and where we鈥檝e been. I started getting the impression that Brown was trying to hit a particular page count for the book and didn鈥檛 have anything but filler to loan the pages with. This is never a good thing for this kind of story.
3. The End: Not a big fan of the final resolution of the story and I found it very un climaxy and a bit of a let down. Once we have the big reveal, very little new information ever really got added to the picture and I felt like my curiosity should have been stroked a few more times than it was in the home stretch. This lack of satisfying climax left me with a serious case of 鈥渂lue brain.鈥�
Still, overall, this was a good, serviceable mystery-thriller that seems tailor-made for a warm afternoon on the sand. It isn鈥檛 great literature, or even good literature, but it is a good thriller, a good concept and, for the most part, fun. It seems to accomplish pretty much exactly what it set out to do.
2.5 to 3.0 stars.
So post Hype-a-ganza, I finally got around to reading this popular, polarizing, pop culture icon and thought it was鈥�.drum roll鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€INE(sigh). It was a solid read with a slight lean towards the 鈥渆h鈥� side of MEH and few moments of genuine 鈥渢hat鈥檚 neat.鈥� I don鈥檛 see all the love and I don鈥檛 see all the rage. Other than the obvious religious flavor of the content, it reminded me of your typical page-turning, popcorn beach read and I thought it accomplished its goal in decent, if unremarkable, fashion.
Now I have a strict 鈥渄on鈥檛 ask, don鈥檛 tell, don鈥檛 mock, don鈥檛 preach鈥� approach when it comes to religiousness so I am going to ignore the bird-flipping Vatican bash aspects of the story, though I can certainly see people on both sides of the fence having 鈥渆pic rah rah鈥� or 鈥渆pic fail鈥� reactions and I respect that. For me, it didn鈥檛 move my needle much in either direction beyond my fondness for the 鈥渂ig hidden history mystery鈥� which is something I generally really enjoy.
The plot of this one has been talked to death and beyond so rather than adding one more jelly bean to the jar, I thought I would just run down a few likes and dislikes about the story and leave it at that.
TURN ONS
1. Conspiracy theories: are just fully fun and I am a major sucker for plots concerning 鈥渟hadow鈥� histories and secret people doing secret things behind secret doors for reasons that are SHHHHHHH. I love a good conspiracy. Find me a rumor involving Kim Kardashian being a Bilderberger and using a secret banking pipeline running from Area 51 through Microsoft to the Saudi Royal Family and laundering vast monies to be used to coordinate the sale of Boise, Idaho to a mysterious consortium headed by Jay Z and Justin Bieber who will then turn the city into a giant quasi-government facility used for the testing of alien 鈥渃loning鈥� technology鈥︹€︹€︹€�.and I am glued to my seat and ONE HAPPY FELLA.
2. Knights Templar: As much as I love conspiracies in general, when you throw the Knights Templar into the mix, it鈥檚 gonna perk me up better than a latte enema. I am always in favor of having them show up as a lynch pin to any massive global plot. The Knights Templar are like caramel on ice cream and just make a good conspiracy better. I had a lot of fun with the rehash of the Templar鈥檚 place in the center of EVERYTHING.
3. Symbology, Da Vinci and the Holy Grail (the IDEA): I thought the major plot components themselves were interesting and I enjoyed following the hidden clues, messages, riddles and the tie in to all of the famous historical artifacts. It was fun. I also liked the 鈥渉istorical significance鈥� of the search (i.e., the 鈥渂ig reveal鈥�) and the implications to the world if revealed.
TURN OFFS
1. Symbology, Da Vinci and the Holy Grail (the EXECUTION): As much as I enjoyed the plot concept, the execution of the story was often frustrating and occasionally insulting. I鈥檓 not talking about the clunky, 鈥渟erviceable at best鈥� prose as that鈥檚 gotten enough play without my squirting lighter fluid on the bonfire. My issue is more with Dan feeling the need to 鈥渟poon feed鈥� me details about his 鈥渙h so clever plot鈥� so that my economy-sized brain could grasp it.
For example, there would be a 鈥渞eveal鈥� that I thought was interesting鈥�.and then Dan would exhaust me with explaining EXACTLY what that meant and EXACTLY what the implications were and make sure I knew EXACTLY what he had told me. I get it Mr. Brown, heard you the first time.
2. THRILLer killing amounts of PLOD: For a page turning, actiony thriller, there was just too much sideways movement of the plot and some really unnecessary amounts of plod to the narrative. Part of this has to do with the excessive 鈥渉and holding鈥� Dan does with his audience mentioned above. However, there are also WAY too much time spent slowing down to take a look around and where we are and where we鈥檝e been. I started getting the impression that Brown was trying to hit a particular page count for the book and didn鈥檛 have anything but filler to loan the pages with. This is never a good thing for this kind of story.
3. The End: Not a big fan of the final resolution of the story and I found it very un climaxy and a bit of a let down. Once we have the big reveal, very little new information ever really got added to the picture and I felt like my curiosity should have been stroked a few more times than it was in the home stretch. This lack of satisfying climax left me with a serious case of 鈥渂lue brain.鈥�
Still, overall, this was a good, serviceable mystery-thriller that seems tailor-made for a warm afternoon on the sand. It isn鈥檛 great literature, or even good literature, but it is a good thriller, a good concept and, for the most part, fun. It seems to accomplish pretty much exactly what it set out to do.
2.5 to 3.0 stars.
November 5, 2022
The literati: "The Da Vinci Code is simply a poorly written thriller with a controversial hypothesis about the life of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church."
Millions of readers: "I am obsessed with The Da Vinci Code".
Literati: "now go and get a very well written thriller with key themescentred around the human existence".
Millions of readers: "cheers, but no thanks...we've just ordered the first book in the Robert Langdon series".
For all those that lambast The Da Vinci Code's writing, grammar, depth etc. maybe they finally realised what many readers could have told them (if they'd ask), that maybe the key component of a story, is the story? And that's Dan Brown's winning play in this convoluted secret (faux) history uncovered adventure with over-the-top antagonists, he gives us a story that could touch all our lives, and to a degree that we care about. Hey, and it got millions of people interested in Fibonacci Numbers; and in reading in general :) On first reading it's pretty gripping but by my third (this) read the bending of so many facts and or inclusion of so many conspiracy theories takes the gleam of the story for me, to be honest, so a Two Star, 5 out of 12 from me.
2004 read; 2005 read; 2022 read
Millions of readers: "I am obsessed with The Da Vinci Code".
Literati: "now go and get a very well written thriller with key themescentred around the human existence".
Millions of readers: "cheers, but no thanks...we've just ordered the first book in the Robert Langdon series".
For all those that lambast The Da Vinci Code's writing, grammar, depth etc. maybe they finally realised what many readers could have told them (if they'd ask), that maybe the key component of a story, is the story? And that's Dan Brown's winning play in this convoluted secret (faux) history uncovered adventure with over-the-top antagonists, he gives us a story that could touch all our lives, and to a degree that we care about. Hey, and it got millions of people interested in Fibonacci Numbers; and in reading in general :) On first reading it's pretty gripping but by my third (this) read the bending of so many facts and or inclusion of so many conspiracy theories takes the gleam of the story for me, to be honest, so a Two Star, 5 out of 12 from me.
2004 read; 2005 read; 2022 read
December 25, 2024
Dan Brown - image from USA Today
A real page-turner, about a Holy Grail quest. It is replete with oodles of interesting little items about church history, the true meaning of the grail, secret societies through the ages, Opus Dei and architectural details.
Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou as Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu - image from Rotten Tomatoes
In this fast-paced adventure an American art expert is accused of killing a director of the Louvre. Rescued by the deceased's granddaughter, a police cryptologist, the pair flees from both French and British police. The tale is enlivened with characters such as Silas, an albino ex-con who has seen the light and been taken in by the head of a Catholic extremist cult, Leigh, a British knight obsessed with finding the grail. Great fun!
Paul Bettany as Silas - image from Rotten Tomatoes
(Rotten Tomatoes gave it only a 57% rating, but I liked it a lot.)
I also reviewed Brown''s
-----Angels and Demons
-----The Lost Symbol and
-----Inferno
June 23, 2008
I downloaded the book and put it on my ipod and began to listen to it on a long road trip. I found it engaging and the plot twisted and turned, jumping from scene to scene, back and forth in time. Really kept the reader on her toes. I'm not sure if I liked it, the writing style was pretty crude, but it kept me thinking.
About an hour into listening I realized that the ipod was on shuffle mode and in fact all the chapters were being shuffled. I groaned and started over. When played in a linear fashion I found it to be one of the mindless things ever.
About an hour into listening I realized that the ipod was on shuffle mode and in fact all the chapters were being shuffled. I groaned and started over. When played in a linear fashion I found it to be one of the mindless things ever.
July 2, 2017
5 stars to 's . Most folks have seen the movie and probably not read the book. What a loss for them!
That said, I know a lot of people don't enjoy Brown's books, believing he is too commercialized and over-exaggerated in his style. While I can understand why someone may think that, I don't agree. I love the complexity of the story, the reality and the fiction, the test of character strength, the puzzles, the different view points. It completely absorbs me... so I fall into the category of those who love him and this style of writing, even if others think his writing isn't fantastic. Doesn't mean I don't love the more classic and richly written novels where it's the imagery and the words that win out, too.
I had never heard of Dan Brown in his early years. I heard about the movie being made of the book and how it was coming out relatively soon. I looked it up and saw it had the "treasure-hunter" thrill appeal and decided to read the book before the movie could come out and warp my interpretation. So glad I did!
It's addicting. Growing up Catholic, I knew most of the religious detail, but once it weaved it art, literature, history and philosophy, I was just enamored with the story. Could it really be true? Maybe I'm related to Adam and Eve too! Ok, let's not get too crazy...
Magnificent story-telling. Quick adventure. Beautiful scenes and images. Brown exhibit's intensely good control weaving back and forth between each of the plots, sub-plots and mini-plots. It's as realistic of a treasure hunt as one can get if you are not an adventurer, archaeologist or exhibition-junkie.
But what took it to the next level for me was the amount of detail included for every component. It's the intricate of the intricate, relying on pure puzzles to move the story forward. Each new puzzle creates its own spark of drama directing readers to challenge what they do and do not know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, languages, culture, locations, etc.
It hits so many different waves of appeal that I felt it was at the top of its game. And it probably only edged out because of how tight this story was. Definitely a must-read for the genre, for Brown and before watching the movie adaption.
That said, I know a lot of people don't enjoy Brown's books, believing he is too commercialized and over-exaggerated in his style. While I can understand why someone may think that, I don't agree. I love the complexity of the story, the reality and the fiction, the test of character strength, the puzzles, the different view points. It completely absorbs me... so I fall into the category of those who love him and this style of writing, even if others think his writing isn't fantastic. Doesn't mean I don't love the more classic and richly written novels where it's the imagery and the words that win out, too.
I had never heard of Dan Brown in his early years. I heard about the movie being made of the book and how it was coming out relatively soon. I looked it up and saw it had the "treasure-hunter" thrill appeal and decided to read the book before the movie could come out and warp my interpretation. So glad I did!
It's addicting. Growing up Catholic, I knew most of the religious detail, but once it weaved it art, literature, history and philosophy, I was just enamored with the story. Could it really be true? Maybe I'm related to Adam and Eve too! Ok, let's not get too crazy...
Magnificent story-telling. Quick adventure. Beautiful scenes and images. Brown exhibit's intensely good control weaving back and forth between each of the plots, sub-plots and mini-plots. It's as realistic of a treasure hunt as one can get if you are not an adventurer, archaeologist or exhibition-junkie.
But what took it to the next level for me was the amount of detail included for every component. It's the intricate of the intricate, relying on pure puzzles to move the story forward. Each new puzzle creates its own spark of drama directing readers to challenge what they do and do not know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, languages, culture, locations, etc.
It hits so many different waves of appeal that I felt it was at the top of its game. And it probably only edged out because of how tight this story was. Definitely a must-read for the genre, for Brown and before watching the movie adaption.
December 29, 2017
No, I am not!
No, I am not going to write a review about this piece of nonsense just because I had yet ANOTHER of those incredibly annoying conversations (in a bookstore to top it off!).
No, I am not.
Oh, for goodness sake!
It is NOT a great book to broaden your cultural horizons, and whatever the humbug mentioned on Leonardo - it is NOT equivalent to reading a book researched by a REAL art historian, - which is something entirely different from a blind-folded arrogant gold digging bestseller author.
It is not a well-written, exciting thriller.
It is Brown in Wonderland, minus the humour, the wit and the beautiful language of the Wonderland Alice visited, and minus the credible plot.
It is not something a bookworm like me HAS to read! Okay? Once and for all, no!
"Lisa, you as a book lover and art historian must love Dan Brown!"
No! Period. I don't. I read three ... THREE! ... of his arrogant idiocies posing as novels. I DON'T love him.
It makes me furious to get the question, over and over:
"How much of what he discovered on Leonardo is true?"
I did not write a review, I hope. It would have been a bad one. Let's forget it.
No, I am not going to write a review about this piece of nonsense just because I had yet ANOTHER of those incredibly annoying conversations (in a bookstore to top it off!).
No, I am not.
Oh, for goodness sake!
It is NOT a great book to broaden your cultural horizons, and whatever the humbug mentioned on Leonardo - it is NOT equivalent to reading a book researched by a REAL art historian, - which is something entirely different from a blind-folded arrogant gold digging bestseller author.
It is not a well-written, exciting thriller.
It is Brown in Wonderland, minus the humour, the wit and the beautiful language of the Wonderland Alice visited, and minus the credible plot.
It is not something a bookworm like me HAS to read! Okay? Once and for all, no!
"Lisa, you as a book lover and art historian must love Dan Brown!"
No! Period. I don't. I read three ... THREE! ... of his arrogant idiocies posing as novels. I DON'T love him.
It makes me furious to get the question, over and over:
"How much of what he discovered on Leonardo is true?"
I did not write a review, I hope. It would have been a bad one. Let's forget it.
February 23, 2022
"French doctors make me nervous."
This was... well, not disappointing, but quite repetitive after reader Angels & Demons. I felt like I should've just read this first instead of trying to work my way through the series from first book in release order.
"I would not wish a British chef on anyone except the French tax collectors."
It's not that the book was bad, but everything came out like it's the same story as the first using a different core element. While everything good about the first book, the pace, the suspense, the twists are stil here, I don't think there is a ton of novelty here other than some detailed and immersive code-breaking. Even the character setup was quite similar to Angels & Demons, with only a couple of minor changes. But as far as pure entertainment is concerned, Brown does deliver well. Not to mention the improved inclination towards humor, which was a welcoming change. What's not so welcoming is the author's continuous use of a second language for conversations.
"Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire."
This was... well, not disappointing, but quite repetitive after reader Angels & Demons. I felt like I should've just read this first instead of trying to work my way through the series from first book in release order.
"I would not wish a British chef on anyone except the French tax collectors."
It's not that the book was bad, but everything came out like it's the same story as the first using a different core element. While everything good about the first book, the pace, the suspense, the twists are stil here, I don't think there is a ton of novelty here other than some detailed and immersive code-breaking. Even the character setup was quite similar to Angels & Demons, with only a couple of minor changes. But as far as pure entertainment is concerned, Brown does deliver well. Not to mention the improved inclination towards humor, which was a welcoming change. What's not so welcoming is the author's continuous use of a second language for conversations.
"Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire."
May 12, 2016
Exciting news for the blind and partially-sighted community, as the publishers release a Braille version:
January 14, 2025
Impossibly complicated plot. Really, really, really bad writing. This book was forced upon me. I should have known better.
June 16, 2017
卮賷賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳鬲卮賷 毓賳賵丕賳 賲賵賮賯.
賮賰賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱乇賲賵夭 賵丕賱兀爻乇丕乇 鬲亘丿兀 賲賳 卮賷賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳鬲卮賷.
賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賳 丕賳賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賱丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 亘爻乇毓丞貙 賮賴賷 鬲丨鬲丕噩 丕賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 賲乇賰夭丞 賵廿賱丕 賮廿賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 爻鬲賮賵鬲賰 賵鬲鬲賵賴.
胤亘毓丕 丕賱乇賲賵夭 賵丕賱氐賵乇 賵丕賱賲賵丕賯毓 噩賲賷毓賴丕 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵賱賰賳 丕賳 鬲胤賵毓賴丕 賲賳 丕噩賱 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賮賴賷 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 亘毓賷賳賴丕.
賵丕賱鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 賮氐賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵毓丞貙 賮賴賵 賷賳賴賷 丕賱賮氐賱 毓賳丿 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 噩丿賷丿 貙 賰兀賳賰 鬲卮丕賴丿 賮賷賱賲丕 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳鬲賯賱 丕賱賶 賲賵賯毓 丕禺乇 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲睾囟亘 賵鬲乇賷丿 丕賳 賷毓賵丿 丕賱賶 丨賷孬 賰賳賾丕 賵賱賰賳 毓亘賯乇賷鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賷噩毓賱賰 賱丕 鬲胤賷賯 氐亘乇丕 賱賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賱鬲毓賵丿 丕賱賶 丨賷孬 賰賳鬲 賲毓 丕賱丕賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱噩丿賷丿.
丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴丕 丕乇賵毓 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賲毓 丕賳賳賷 賱賲 丕賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱噩丨賷賲 亘毓丿.
丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 噩賵噩賱 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱兀賲丕賰賳 賵乇丐賷鬲賴丕 丕賵 丕賱賱賵丨丕鬲 丕賱賮賳賷丞 賵賲卮丕賴丿鬲賴丕 兀爻丕爻賷 賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賰賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴.
卮賰乇丕 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳
賮賰賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱乇賲賵夭 賵丕賱兀爻乇丕乇 鬲亘丿兀 賲賳 卮賷賮乇丞 丿丕賮賳鬲卮賷.
賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賳 丕賳賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賱丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳 亘爻乇毓丞貙 賮賴賷 鬲丨鬲丕噩 丕賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 賲乇賰夭丞 賵廿賱丕 賮廿賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 爻鬲賮賵鬲賰 賵鬲鬲賵賴.
胤亘毓丕 丕賱乇賲賵夭 賵丕賱氐賵乇 賵丕賱賲賵丕賯毓 噩賲賷毓賴丕 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵賱賰賳 丕賳 鬲胤賵毓賴丕 賲賳 丕噩賱 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賮賴賷 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 亘毓賷賳賴丕.
賵丕賱鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 賮氐賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵毓丞貙 賮賴賵 賷賳賴賷 丕賱賮氐賱 毓賳丿 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 噩丿賷丿 貙 賰兀賳賰 鬲卮丕賴丿 賮賷賱賲丕 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳鬲賯賱 丕賱賶 賲賵賯毓 丕禺乇 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲睾囟亘 賵鬲乇賷丿 丕賳 賷毓賵丿 丕賱賶 丨賷孬 賰賳賾丕 賵賱賰賳 毓亘賯乇賷鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賷噩毓賱賰 賱丕 鬲胤賷賯 氐亘乇丕 賱賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賱鬲毓賵丿 丕賱賶 丨賷孬 賰賳鬲 賲毓 丕賱丕賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱噩丿賷丿.
丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴丕 丕乇賵毓 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賲毓 丕賳賳賷 賱賲 丕賯乇兀 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱噩丨賷賲 亘毓丿.
丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 噩賵噩賱 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱兀賲丕賰賳 賵乇丐賷鬲賴丕 丕賵 丕賱賱賵丨丕鬲 丕賱賮賳賷丞 賵賲卮丕賴丿鬲賴丕 兀爻丕爻賷 賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賰賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴.
卮賰乇丕 丿丕賳 亘乇丕賵賳
July 30, 2007
I've finally started reading that ever so controversial best-seller by Dan Brown. Actually, not reading it, listening to it while driving around Lansing, MI. This book seems to have changed the minds of many Catholics (my grandfather included) and Protestants alike. Granted, there have long been rumors of secret societies and organizations within the Roman Catholic Church, and historical cover-ups are rampant throughout civilization.
HOWEVER,
The book is crap. It's not at all well written. Brown seems to feel that in order to impress the mystery of the supposed Holy Grail conspiracy upon his readers, he must be repetitive and condescending. It almost seems that the whole purpose of the book is to tell the world how much Brown knows about obscure art history and symbology, and that he is willing to explain it to the teeming masses of uniformed Christendom. His constant use of cliff-hanger chapter endings (almost every chapter) makes the novel read like it was originally intended as a serial publication. Much of Brown's story hinges upon the loss of the Sacred Feminine, and yet his main female character (a cryptologist for the French police) is constantly having to be led clue by clue to obvious conclusions by her quicker, more worldly, male counterparts.
I might have put some stock into Brown's "history," he writes with conviction, if not much style. I may even have looked into some of his sources on my own. Today, though, Brown completely lost any stock I would have put into his actual knowledge. He referred, multiple times, to Jesus Christ as the Immaculate Conception. As every half-informed Catholic knows, Mary was the Immaculate Conception (conceived without sin), Jesus was the Miraculous Conception (conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit).
How this novel came to be as popular as it is, I can understand. Everyone today is dying to get to the big TRUTH, something which can never be done in religion. Faith is by definition something that is unsubstantiated, we must just believe. What I can't understand is how people can believe this absolute drivel.
HOWEVER,
The book is crap. It's not at all well written. Brown seems to feel that in order to impress the mystery of the supposed Holy Grail conspiracy upon his readers, he must be repetitive and condescending. It almost seems that the whole purpose of the book is to tell the world how much Brown knows about obscure art history and symbology, and that he is willing to explain it to the teeming masses of uniformed Christendom. His constant use of cliff-hanger chapter endings (almost every chapter) makes the novel read like it was originally intended as a serial publication. Much of Brown's story hinges upon the loss of the Sacred Feminine, and yet his main female character (a cryptologist for the French police) is constantly having to be led clue by clue to obvious conclusions by her quicker, more worldly, male counterparts.
I might have put some stock into Brown's "history," he writes with conviction, if not much style. I may even have looked into some of his sources on my own. Today, though, Brown completely lost any stock I would have put into his actual knowledge. He referred, multiple times, to Jesus Christ as the Immaculate Conception. As every half-informed Catholic knows, Mary was the Immaculate Conception (conceived without sin), Jesus was the Miraculous Conception (conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit).
How this novel came to be as popular as it is, I can understand. Everyone today is dying to get to the big TRUTH, something which can never be done in religion. Faith is by definition something that is unsubstantiated, we must just believe. What I can't understand is how people can believe this absolute drivel.
August 6, 2023
Was that the book that made the Vatican tremble? This detective story builds like a TV movie where a handsome guy and a girl strive to solve a schoolboy's riddles to discover the scandalous secret that everyone already knows. The fact that Jesus was a man, that he fucked Mary Magdalene and impregnated her (why not?), and that he was not God's son. Dan Brown was ignoring, in a novel that uses and abuses the notion of mystery, the mystery of the identity of Christ, true God, and true man.
Let's move on. The Da Vinci Code is nothing more than a new version of Indiana Jones, in the American style, with the initial murder, the police error, the (so little) incredible escape of the heroes, the betrayal of the good guy becoming Machiavellian, the hidden microphones, two or three deaths lying around, the reunion of the lost grandmother and brother and the final kiss, prudish, without the slightest trace of eroticism. Yet, simultaneously, the whole book applies itself to magnify the Sacred Feminine.
How, then, to understand the dazzling success of this novel? Let's face it: I let myself take. This feeling of collaborating in the truth's discovery upsets the world's order by deciphering anagrams. This satisfaction of feeling oneself the discoverer as if the solution of a sodoku could collapse an entire civilization. At this little game, the end of the book can only disappoint. Nothing. This scum. Virgo worms. That's to designate only the cup, the chalice, and the Holy Grail. The real mystery is undoubtedly there: by what miracle can a little detective story of nothing become a world affair? Revealing this secret seems much more complicated than Dan Brown's treasure hunt.
Let's move on. The Da Vinci Code is nothing more than a new version of Indiana Jones, in the American style, with the initial murder, the police error, the (so little) incredible escape of the heroes, the betrayal of the good guy becoming Machiavellian, the hidden microphones, two or three deaths lying around, the reunion of the lost grandmother and brother and the final kiss, prudish, without the slightest trace of eroticism. Yet, simultaneously, the whole book applies itself to magnify the Sacred Feminine.
How, then, to understand the dazzling success of this novel? Let's face it: I let myself take. This feeling of collaborating in the truth's discovery upsets the world's order by deciphering anagrams. This satisfaction of feeling oneself the discoverer as if the solution of a sodoku could collapse an entire civilization. At this little game, the end of the book can only disappoint. Nothing. This scum. Virgo worms. That's to designate only the cup, the chalice, and the Holy Grail. The real mystery is undoubtedly there: by what miracle can a little detective story of nothing become a world affair? Revealing this secret seems much more complicated than Dan Brown's treasure hunt.
August 8, 2008
For the most part, it seems that people either passionately love this book or they passionately hate it. I happen to be one of the former. For my part, I don't see the book so much as an indictment of the Catholic Church in particular but of religious extremism and religion interfering in political process in general. The unwarranted political control granted to extreme religious organizations like the CBN is an issue that we will be forced to address one way or the other. To my eye, our political process has been poisoned by it and the danger of theocracy is quite real. Furthermore, Brown's indictment of the Church for removing or suppressing feminine divinity figures is justified and needs a much closer look. Women do not have enough of a role in religion, religious practice, heroic myths, and creation myths, nor are they portrayed as divinity figures enough. In short, our religious systems and institutions lack balance and have a bias to suppress issues, stories, and roles that empower women to live as equals to men. Finally, Brown wrote his story simplistically, in my view, to spread his tale to as broad an audience as possible. Though it is not as pristine a narrative as, say, Umberto Eco, the message it conveys is one that needs to be heard. More obscure books on the matter are not as accessible as Da Vinci Code and if someone were to write an accessible book of genius on this subject, I would give him/her all due praise. In the meantime, Dan Brown is telling a story that needs to be told. It is one that has been kept quiet and in the dark for far too long.
May 8, 2018
Espa帽ol - English
Cuando sabe que lo asesinar谩n, Jacques Sauniere, deja una serie de pistas dirigidas a su nieta Sophie para que contacte a Robert Landon y le ayude a decifrarlas. El secreto podr铆a cambiar por completo la historia de la humanidad.
En mi pa铆s, Rep煤blica Dominicana, este libro caus贸 un gran revuelo ya que la historia cat贸lica prohibi贸 a sus seguidos que leyeran el libro por encontrar que la historia es en contra de las bases de su doctrina, logrando con esto justamente lo contrario.
Creo que es primer libro que le铆 del g茅nero y esta tan bien escrito que me enganch贸 y no pude parar de leerlo.
La pel铆cula es muy buena, pero nada iguala al libro.
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When he knows that he will be murdered, Jacques Sauniere leaves a series of clues to his granddaughter Sophie to contact Robert Landon and help her decipher them. The secret could completely change the history of humanity.
In my country, Dominican Republic, this book caused a stir as Catholic church forbade its followers to read the book to find that the story is against the bases of their doctrine, achieving just the opposite.
I think it's the first book I read of the genre and it's so well written that I got hooked and could not stop reading it.
The movie is very good, but nothing equals the book.
Cuando sabe que lo asesinar谩n, Jacques Sauniere, deja una serie de pistas dirigidas a su nieta Sophie para que contacte a Robert Landon y le ayude a decifrarlas. El secreto podr铆a cambiar por completo la historia de la humanidad.
En mi pa铆s, Rep煤blica Dominicana, este libro caus贸 un gran revuelo ya que la historia cat贸lica prohibi贸 a sus seguidos que leyeran el libro por encontrar que la historia es en contra de las bases de su doctrina, logrando con esto justamente lo contrario.
Creo que es primer libro que le铆 del g茅nero y esta tan bien escrito que me enganch贸 y no pude parar de leerlo.
La pel铆cula es muy buena, pero nada iguala al libro.
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When he knows that he will be murdered, Jacques Sauniere leaves a series of clues to his granddaughter Sophie to contact Robert Landon and help her decipher them. The secret could completely change the history of humanity.
In my country, Dominican Republic, this book caused a stir as Catholic church forbade its followers to read the book to find that the story is against the bases of their doctrine, achieving just the opposite.
I think it's the first book I read of the genre and it's so well written that I got hooked and could not stop reading it.
The movie is very good, but nothing equals the book.
June 29, 2017
Every summer I tend to enjoy reading action and adventure thrillers. The genre seems perfect for the hot weather outside as all of the action builds to a heated crescendo. Last week I participated in a diary called the Pepys Project in one of the groups I am part of, the reading for pleasure book club. The diarist relays pertinent literary information on a daily basis to ones peers. It happened that author Dan Brown celebrated a birthday last week, and as I had never read his best selling DaVinci Code, the diary reminded me that the summer was a good as time as any to partake in this thriller.
World renowned Harvard professor Robert Langdon is in Paris to deliver a lecture about his latest findings in cryptic symbology. As Langdon addresses his speech, nearby at the Louvre museum an albino monk on orders from his teacher brutally murders curator Jacques Sauniere. These two events are not mere coincidence as Sauniere had been planning on meeting with Langdon later in the evening. As he lay dying, Sauniere penned cryptic codes to both Langdon and his granddaughter Sophie Neveu. It would be up to the pair to crack these mysteries before the church uncovered the secrets that Sauniere had worked his entire life to guard.
Once Langdon and Neveu meet up, together they discover that Sauniere had been the grand master of the Priory of Sion, an ancient society which believed in an alternate true history of Christianity. Sauniere left the duo a trail of clues to find the true resting place of the holy grail, that is before Catholic fanatical sect Opus Dei beats them to it and destroys the information. Through a intricate web of surveillance and bribes, however, Paris of chief police Bezu Fache believes that Langdon and Neveu to be guilty of Sauniere's murder. Ensuing, is a race through Paris and London to ensure that the grail and its secrets do not fall into the wrong hands.
Brown details centuries of religious symbols and information as he has Langdon and Neveu quest to keep the Priory's secrets safe. Along the way they meet a number of characters, never knowing if one is friend, foe, or double agent. As a result, the action is fast paced, intriguing, and even brain exercising as I thought alongside the pair to crack open the codes that Sauniere left for them. In a structure of short chapters and changing points of view, Brown created a story that grew more thrilling as it went on. This created for an entertaining denouement which read quickly to the end.
While it remains to be seen if the mysteries outlined in The DaVinci Code are fact, fiction, or somewhere in between, Dan Brown has created a fun concept that makes for thrilling summer reading. The novel grew to be an international best seller and later made into a movie starring Tom Hanks. Even though movies are usually not as good as their novel counterparts, Brown's thriller should translate well onto screen as it is all action. The Pepys Project lead me to a summer reading adventure, which I rate 3.75 stars. I look forward to Dan Brown's next installment starring Robert Langdon.
World renowned Harvard professor Robert Langdon is in Paris to deliver a lecture about his latest findings in cryptic symbology. As Langdon addresses his speech, nearby at the Louvre museum an albino monk on orders from his teacher brutally murders curator Jacques Sauniere. These two events are not mere coincidence as Sauniere had been planning on meeting with Langdon later in the evening. As he lay dying, Sauniere penned cryptic codes to both Langdon and his granddaughter Sophie Neveu. It would be up to the pair to crack these mysteries before the church uncovered the secrets that Sauniere had worked his entire life to guard.
Once Langdon and Neveu meet up, together they discover that Sauniere had been the grand master of the Priory of Sion, an ancient society which believed in an alternate true history of Christianity. Sauniere left the duo a trail of clues to find the true resting place of the holy grail, that is before Catholic fanatical sect Opus Dei beats them to it and destroys the information. Through a intricate web of surveillance and bribes, however, Paris of chief police Bezu Fache believes that Langdon and Neveu to be guilty of Sauniere's murder. Ensuing, is a race through Paris and London to ensure that the grail and its secrets do not fall into the wrong hands.
Brown details centuries of religious symbols and information as he has Langdon and Neveu quest to keep the Priory's secrets safe. Along the way they meet a number of characters, never knowing if one is friend, foe, or double agent. As a result, the action is fast paced, intriguing, and even brain exercising as I thought alongside the pair to crack open the codes that Sauniere left for them. In a structure of short chapters and changing points of view, Brown created a story that grew more thrilling as it went on. This created for an entertaining denouement which read quickly to the end.
While it remains to be seen if the mysteries outlined in The DaVinci Code are fact, fiction, or somewhere in between, Dan Brown has created a fun concept that makes for thrilling summer reading. The novel grew to be an international best seller and later made into a movie starring Tom Hanks. Even though movies are usually not as good as their novel counterparts, Brown's thriller should translate well onto screen as it is all action. The Pepys Project lead me to a summer reading adventure, which I rate 3.75 stars. I look forward to Dan Brown's next installment starring Robert Langdon.
June 30, 2007
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 as a child (a towering work of literary genius by comparison), The DaVinci Code suffered perhaps unjustly.
October 17, 2020
L鈥橴OMO DI VITRUVIO
Il film omonimo 猫 diretto da Ron Howard. 脠 stato un grande successo paragonabile a quello del libro, che ha venduto oltre 80 milioni di copie.
Parigi, il Louvre, un dipinto di Caravaggio, probabilmente La morte della Vergine, un vecchio ferito a morte, allarme che scatta, grate di ferro che scendono, l鈥檃ssassino che rimane fuori e sembra non riuscire a completare l鈥檕pera, il vecchio si denuda e stende per terra per assumere la posizione del celebre Uomo vitruviano di Leonardo da Vinci, che tutti quelli che usano l鈥檃eroporto di Fiumicino hanno imparato a riconoscere. Quando arrivano i soccorsi 猫 troppo tardi, il vecchio 猫 passato a peggiore vita. Ma ha lasciato un testamento prezioso scritto col sangue, alcuni numeri e il nome di Robert Langdon.
Un inizio al Fulmicotone.
Robert Langdon 猫 Tom Hanks, la giovane alle sue spalle 猫 Audrey Tautou.
I vangeli apocrifi, i rotoli del Mar Morto, Maria Maddalena incinta sotto la croce che spos貌 Ges霉 resuscitato, una setta con duemila anni alle spalle per custodire il mistero del Santo Graal, i Templari, l鈥橭pus Dei, Merovingi, Priorato di Sion, codici vari, simbologia (il protagonista, Robert Langdon, 猫 celebre proprio per la sua capacit脿 di interpretare segni e simboli), e molto altro, con ritmo incalzante, mozzafiato, mescolato agitato e frullato.
Il film 猫 uscito tre anni dopo il romanzo, nel 2006. Il Louvre, come nel libro, 猫 un set importante.
Per quanto Dan Brown lo presenti come basato su fatti storici reali, documentati e comprovati, e per quanto si sia fatto a gara invece a demolirli e contraddirli, risultano coerenti e verosimili; per quanto io lo abbia a suo modo divorato steso in spiaggia ad evitare l鈥檕mbra; e per quanto sia rimasto affascinato per il tempo della lettura 鈥� e solo per quello, non un attimo dopo 鈥� dal ritmo, dal montaggio alternato, da descrizioni , snodi drammaturgici e colpi di scena, al momento di chiuderlo e metterlo via mi sono accorto che stavo sorridendo e non avevo creduto in nulla di quanto avevo letto.
Opera di pura immaginazione e fantasia.
Alla quale purtroppo manca anche un minimo pizzico di ironia, che avrebbe potuto renderla memorabile: al contrario, 猫 romanzo che si prende dannatamente sul serio.
Il cattivone 猫 un attore che mi piace molto, ma riesco a vedere troppo poco: Paul Bettany.
Il film omonimo 猫 diretto da Ron Howard. 脠 stato un grande successo paragonabile a quello del libro, che ha venduto oltre 80 milioni di copie.
Parigi, il Louvre, un dipinto di Caravaggio, probabilmente La morte della Vergine, un vecchio ferito a morte, allarme che scatta, grate di ferro che scendono, l鈥檃ssassino che rimane fuori e sembra non riuscire a completare l鈥檕pera, il vecchio si denuda e stende per terra per assumere la posizione del celebre Uomo vitruviano di Leonardo da Vinci, che tutti quelli che usano l鈥檃eroporto di Fiumicino hanno imparato a riconoscere. Quando arrivano i soccorsi 猫 troppo tardi, il vecchio 猫 passato a peggiore vita. Ma ha lasciato un testamento prezioso scritto col sangue, alcuni numeri e il nome di Robert Langdon.
Un inizio al Fulmicotone.
Robert Langdon 猫 Tom Hanks, la giovane alle sue spalle 猫 Audrey Tautou.
I vangeli apocrifi, i rotoli del Mar Morto, Maria Maddalena incinta sotto la croce che spos貌 Ges霉 resuscitato, una setta con duemila anni alle spalle per custodire il mistero del Santo Graal, i Templari, l鈥橭pus Dei, Merovingi, Priorato di Sion, codici vari, simbologia (il protagonista, Robert Langdon, 猫 celebre proprio per la sua capacit脿 di interpretare segni e simboli), e molto altro, con ritmo incalzante, mozzafiato, mescolato agitato e frullato.
Il film 猫 uscito tre anni dopo il romanzo, nel 2006. Il Louvre, come nel libro, 猫 un set importante.
Per quanto Dan Brown lo presenti come basato su fatti storici reali, documentati e comprovati, e per quanto si sia fatto a gara invece a demolirli e contraddirli, risultano coerenti e verosimili; per quanto io lo abbia a suo modo divorato steso in spiaggia ad evitare l鈥檕mbra; e per quanto sia rimasto affascinato per il tempo della lettura 鈥� e solo per quello, non un attimo dopo 鈥� dal ritmo, dal montaggio alternato, da descrizioni , snodi drammaturgici e colpi di scena, al momento di chiuderlo e metterlo via mi sono accorto che stavo sorridendo e non avevo creduto in nulla di quanto avevo letto.
Opera di pura immaginazione e fantasia.
Alla quale purtroppo manca anche un minimo pizzico di ironia, che avrebbe potuto renderla memorabile: al contrario, 猫 romanzo che si prende dannatamente sul serio.
Il cattivone 猫 un attore che mi piace molto, ma riesco a vedere troppo poco: Paul Bettany.
March 31, 2022
Interesting plot, but not quite an entertaining thriller. It was too long or was it because this was a group read and we read a few chapters a day so it felt like forever. I enjoyed the movie better.
I borrowed three formats from my library. Audio, ebook, and this interesting edition "The Da Vinci Code special illustrated edition". It looks like the glossy hardcover type for your coffee table. The chapters match the actual book. It's less wordy and includes photographs of objects, paintings, and places which makes it more interesting.
Still, I'm happy I "read along" with Goodread folks, thanks Lisa!!馃グ I may continue with the series since the latest one was very good!
I borrowed three formats from my library. Audio, ebook, and this interesting edition "The Da Vinci Code special illustrated edition". It looks like the glossy hardcover type for your coffee table. The chapters match the actual book. It's less wordy and includes photographs of objects, paintings, and places which makes it more interesting.
Still, I'm happy I "read along" with Goodread folks, thanks Lisa!!馃グ I may continue with the series since the latest one was very good!
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