The Da Vinci Code

[Tomblands]

On the topic of Dan Brown, I finished "Deception Point" last night.

 

It was addictive I must say, but very easy to figure out where the story is going after you have read any of his other work.

[KOYAANISQATSI]

The stuff in holy blood holy grail was already out there. I'd be surprised if every pope didn't know fine Jesus was just some ordinary bloke, but I suppose he's got his job to protect same as anybody else whos bread and butter relys on the fancys of what morons believe. Good scam though.

[Seahorse]

I have read the Holy Blood/Holy Grail (turgid load of crap, and based on a hoax). Believe me, DB (or his wife) pretty much lifted it straight, but as has been said, most of the actual material was public domain so the lawsuit failed.

 

Good point in here Arabia Terra, this material is out there but unfortunately wrapped up in HB/HG style books which although best sellers in their own right, they have not been as widely read as DVC has been (60 million copies)

 

So, for many people, this book may have been their first introduction to material which contradicts the Roman Catholic Church & Christianity. Remember, people burned for saying less in the not too distant past. This might be the source of the hype and success in equal measures, especially true in the the religious belt of America.

 

IMHO it was a good enough read, ok to pass the time in airports/on the plane. No more than a crime novel.

[OriginalUsername]

I read it a few months back and was actually quite shocked by how badly written it was.

 

Perhaps it's the geeky English student in me, but I just couldn't get into it for picking up on the terrible writing style.

 

It genuinely reminded me of something I might have written when I was about 12, thinking that I had written something fantastic. Yeah. Maybe for a 12 year old...

 

The story though, that was pretty good. Yeah, historically and factually papped out and ideas lifted from elsewhere, but still a "page-turner" of a story.

 

Perhaps if he'd gotten a ghost writer in to help him communicate the story.

 

Saw the "twist" from a mile away as well... But I do put that down to the writing style as well. Probably because when I was about 12 I would've thought "OMGz, I am so cleavar, this twist will be totally unreal an unexpected!" (Okay, SERIOUSLY exaggeration, but you get the idea)