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Hey has any1 read the book the DaVinci code.I did did any1 notice that it was kind of hard 2 tell the facts from the fiction ive read stuff on the backround of it and Dan Brown kind of stretched the facts

Yeh, I read it.

I liked it, but it wasn't very well written. All Dan Brown did was grab some extreme theories going round about the Holy Grail, and put them in a book. He put some inoffensive characters in, used italics a lot, did some average description, and let the very interesting theories sell the book.

And it worked.

But don't believe anything in the book. Most of it is lies. Though, if you look at the Last Supper painting, you can almost believe.....

firestarter ive read into a lot of backround about that theory.Like since Christ was from the house of david the house of david members were by law required to marry and that it back in those days would be very odd not to marry.and theres so many books out there on that kind of stuff like th knights templar and the priory of sion.

King David has no basis in fact. He is more of a mythological figure created by the Bible, like KIng Solomon. The House of David was created afterwards. That doesn't really have any relevance!

Anyway, I'm just saying don't jump on the bandwagon and believe this stuff because it's in a book. There are many other books on this theory, yes. There is no evidence, however, that the Priory of Sion has anything to do with the Grail, and neither does Opus Dei. It's just a conspiracy. Don't be one of those people that believes it just because it sounds right.

Firestarter wrote:I liked it, but it wasn't very well written. All Dan Brown did was grab some extreme theories going round about the Holy Grail, and put them in a book. He put some inoffensive characters in, used italics a lot, did some average description, and let the very interesting theories sell the book.

Amen.

I read it...i thought it was pretty interesting. I'm trying to do a bit of research to separate fact from fiction, but it's still a great story in my opinion anyway. There are so many conspiracies, lies, plots...that kind of thing, it keeps you guessing!

It was interesting, but what a lot of people don't understand is that this book is FICTIONAL... there's a lot of chaos theory and just plain guesses, though he does present them in a way that seems highly factual, and some of the stuff that he points out ARE facts. That's always neat. But you really have to weed through it all and figure out what's what.

I'm going to read Angels and Demons this year, since I heard it is much better, but we'll see.

I do think it was an awesome book, though.

sam im also doing some research of my own to

Angels and Demons IS soo much better! Here is the Recipe for The Da Vinci Code:

1)Take Angels and Demons
2) Replace the Illuminati with The Priory of Sion
3) Replace Leonardo Vetra with Jaques Sauniere
4) Replace the Hassassin with Silas.
5) Replace the camarlengo with Teabing
6) Replace Vittoria with Sophie
7) Replace the Roman police with the Parisian police.
Replace CERN with The Louvre
9) Replace the whole science v. religion thing with The Holy Grail.
10) Replace Bernini with Da Vinci.

No I'm serious, the plots are so alike. They even have similar twists!
And they are both named after something that appears in the beginning.

But of course both are worth reading because they're good and they raise interesting questions. I'm reading Secrets of Angels and Demons right now. It is very interesting, even if it pretty much dismisses the book as conspiracy theory.

You should probably read Angels and Demons first as it comes first and it kind of helps you understand how Robert Langdon became a celebrity.

In other news, is anyone else upset that of all the 40-something actors that are out there, they chose TOM HANKS!!!!! Hello! The magazine makes a reference to him as "Harrison Ford in Harris tweed." Who do you think that implies? Hmm...

Plus does Tom Hanks look like he swims 40 laps every day?

My friend is letting me borrow The DaVinci Code.. it's pretty good so far. If I like it, I'll read Angels and Demons next.

One of my parents have/are reading the Da Vinci Code (probably mum, dad think fictional books are boring... honestly!), I've seen it hovering around the place. I need to nah it and read it sometime.

I've only read angels and demons.. still have to read davinci code.. once finals are over! A&D was really good, though

i read this and gave it to my grandma for christmas (she has a degree in religion and theology) and she believed parts of it but i had to tell her that it is just a wild leap from militant conspiracy theories to the da vinci holy grail.

Firestarter:

I liked it, but it wasn't very well written.

My thoughts exactly.

The plot was fairly good. I mean, the religious history was interesting, but it would have been more interesting had it had some credit to it. He mentioned the Dead Sea scrolls? They don't mention Mary Magdalene! You can't expect people to take your facts for truth, if they aren't all true, you know?

But it was a quick, light, read, and now I can say that I've read it, and have conversations about how boring Brown's writing style is with others who have read it.

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Tessitore wrote:It was interesting, but what a lot of people don't understand is that this book is FICTIONAL... there's a lot of chaos theory and just plain guesses, though he does present them in a way that seems highly factual, and some of the stuff that he points out ARE facts. That's always neat. But you really have to weed through it all and figure out what's what.

I'm going to read Angels and Demons this year, since I heard it is much better, but we'll see.

I do think it was an awesome book, though.

I agree totally....you really have to have an open mind reading it, or you'll get offended really easily...

oh yeah, BTW, Angels and Demons is, IMO, better than Da Vinci Code.