The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

Review of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

       The Da Vinci Code is a fascinating tale of a modern day search for the Holy Grail, the legendary sacred vessel generally identified as the chalice of the Holy Eucharist or the dish of the Pascal Lamb.  Panned by some in the Roman Catholic Church for its negative characterization of the Opus Dei Society (a secret and controversial sect of the church) and controversial characterization of the Holy Grail, this intricate story is nonetheless a fast-paced and thought-provoking page-turner.

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was reviewed by JP

        The kind of book that menopausal women who think The Secret is philosophy use as a waste of time when they are sitting on airplanes with their fat sweaty husbands while their fat sweaty kids are watching some awful in-flight movie or tapping repetitively on the heads of other passengers. Admittedly I didn't get very far but it only took a few chapters for me to get suicidally depressed over the state of modern literature. It's written so banally, so perfunctorily that it should be unreadable to anybody with any concept of what good writing is and why it should be done. There's no nourishment here, it's the literary equivalent of Cheetos, except the Cheetos are shaped like Jesus. Popularity doth not a good book make; get this garbage off this list.

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was reviewed by sl_thr_p

       To be honest I dont think that this book belongs in the top 100.

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was reviewed by Dantheman

       There is absolutely no way this book belongs in the Top 100. Simply put, it just isn't literature. A fun read? Perhaps. Good writing? Definitely not. An all time classic? I shudder to think others believe so.

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was reviewed by Jessica

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