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O Código da Vinci by Dan    Brown
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bookshelves: e-1, american-literature, thriller-crime-mystery, adventure, historical-fiction

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.
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading
June 24, 2020 – Shelved
December 18, 2021 – Shelved as: e-1
July 20, 2023 – Shelved as: american-literature
July 20, 2023 – Shelved as: thriller-crime-mystery
July 20, 2023 – Shelved as: adventure
July 20, 2023 – Shelved as: historical-fiction

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message 1: by Lisa (new) - rated it 1 star

Lisa Agree. It is the only mystery, really! What makes a piece of trash suspense fiction one of the most bestselling books...


³¢³Üí²õ Lisa wrote: "Agree. It is the only mystery, really! What makes a piece of trash suspense fiction one of the most bestselling books..."

We're on the same boat, really..


Michael Perkins some links here you might find amusing

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³¢³Üí²õ Michael wrote: "some links here you might find amusing

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thanks.


Pedro Very good review. Your ruthlesness brought me a smile, near to laughter. You can also add the fact of putting americans always in the center (or eventually anglosaxons), to satisfy the big editorial market. And the idea of royal heritage, and it's glamour. On the other hand, ther'e's no evidence of Jesus and Mary Magdalen's relationship; I'd go further, not even of Jesus' existence. But I agree that the idea is reasonable and attractive; but as you say, Brown brings no news on this matter (Eg Jesus Christ Superstar, from de 70's). Regards.


³¢³Üí²õ Pedro wrote: "Very good review. Your ruthlesness brought me a smile, near to laughter. You can also add the fact of putting americans always in the center (or eventually anglosaxons), to satisfy the big editoria..."

*Regards*


°Õ´Ç³¾Ã¡²õ I guess I don't need to read this one after watching the movie


³¢³Üí²õ °Õ´Ç³¾Ã¡²õ wrote: "I guess I don't need to read this one after watching the movie"

probably *


 Cookie M. What everyone ignores is what Brown clearly states at the beginning of the novel. He made the whole thing up. It is all fiction. And, by the way, so formulaic I am surprised anyone is bothering to read it anymore.


³¢³Üí²õ Ann-Marie "Cookie M." wrote: "What everyone ignores is what Brown clearly states at the beginning of the novel. He made the whole thing up. It is all fiction. And, by the way, so formulaic I am surprised anyone is bothering to ..."

*Curious observation* I'm not bothering to read him anymore. But who knows??


message 11: by Dmitri (new)

Dmitri Wonderful review Luis. Couldn’t agree more about the underlying mystery here.


message 12: by Nocturnalux (new)

Nocturnalux You'd think the Vatican would focus more on actual problems like the massive, worldwide coverup of pedophilia by the RCC but no, it's this book that has it in a tizzy. Priorities.


message 13: by ³¢³Üí²õ (last edited May 25, 2022 10:16AM) (new) - rated it 1 star

³¢³Üí²õ Dmitri wrote: "Wonderful review Luis. Couldn’t agree more about the underlying mystery here."

Thank you, Dmitri.


³¢³Üí²õ Nocturnalux wrote: "You'd think the Vatican would focus more on actual problems like the massive, worldwide coverup of pedophilia by the RCC but no, it's this book that has it in a tizzy. Priorities."

yep.


message 15: by Razvan (new)

Razvan Banciu You make me happy that I didn't read this one...


³¢³Üí²õ Razvan wrote: "You make me happy that I didn't read this one..."

Yeah...


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