What readers think of The Da Vinci Code, plus links to write your own review.

A pretty good book. It could do with some character development and Mr. Brown seems to be "showing off" his research and knowledge of secret soceities and such. Its quite obvious that he draws inspiration from Robert Ludlum's later work which almost became generic in the whole deal with unwitting man gets thrust into a mystery meets beautiful woman etc.

However, I did have a question for those that read the book and I wil try and be vague as possible to not reveal the plot: given what we know about the Holy Grail, why then does the Bible say that Jesus drank from the Holy Grail and passed it around to his Disciples. to me that just seems rather wrong if you know what I mean!!!wrong

DA VINCI CODE, for all the hoopla, generated more heat than it merited. As a page turner, pulling the reader in and keeping him/her to the end, it achieved its goal, though it isn't by any means a classic of literature. I don't think Brown meant it to be as controversial as it turned out to be, made so by people who took it too seriously.

DA VINCI CODE is one of the books i treasure most!!!why? not only because its intriguing,interesting and suspense it also gives us another view about the Bible.the only thing that i do not like the book is its ending,it is so predictable!! i also do not like the negative things they say about the Bible and the Christian community.reading the book doesn't mean that you doubt the Christian community it means that you are eager to know about the other things others look up to.to mr. brown, i would like to say that i like your book and please stop critisizing the Christian community!!!!!!!!!

I am a 61 year old Catholic, and have no plans to leave the faith because of Davinci. However, I read the book and had a good laugh. Its fiction people. Go look at the paintings if you must, try and find the clues. As a suspense novel, it had a fast and furious pace. As a mystery, well, I wasnt too mystified about most details, and very mystified by others. I have never read a book to check out my ability to find lilttle picky errors in details. This kind of adventure book is not the place to start. Everything was just wrapped up too neatly in the last few pages for a really good book. (in my opinion). I have never found a book in all my years of reading that caused such and uproar. You either love this book or hate this book. There is very little ground between. It all goes back to never argue about religion. Its Just a Book. Just A Fun Read.

There are some incoherences in the novel. Everything seemed so easy for Langdon and Sophie. I mean, Mr. Vernet going out with them in a car of the bank without being noticed? Then, how did they escape from the cops in England? How did they escape in the museum? Come on!

I didnt like the ending. Too much fuss about nothing.

Most good thrillers pace themselves. That is they know that without plateaus and valleys you have no mountainous high points. The Da Vinci Code is a seamless series of revelations moving from one mysterious message to another, from one mystical revelation to another, or from one hidden box or chamber to another providing little topographical relief. The oh so secret cursive reproduced on page 298, which Brown tried to pump up as something terribly arcane over the next two pages, was immediately obvious as plain olde English done backwards.

Come on! This book consisted of one enigma, inside another, inside another, inside of...well, you get the idea. Sort of like one of those nesting Russian dolls, except instead of five there were 454 pages worth. And the barrage of endless breath grabbing movements is not sustained by the irony-laden dialogue Brown provides to Langdon and Neveu. The Da Vinci Code is a one trick pony.

I am only a few pages in to this book and it already seems to be a mind gripper! If the story doesn't get better, the first sequence is likely to keep you reading throughout. My thanks to Dan Brown for writing an excellent novel.