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As a work of thriller fiction, it is very enjoyable	Customer Rating:
I knew better than to take this book at anything more than what it is: A work of fiction. With that approach, I found it very fun to read. The plot is interesting, the characters are well written and believable, and there is enough back-story to help suspend disbelief.

Fantastic Read. Read this one and ended up read all of his books.	Customer Rating:
Ignore the religious truth or whatever. This is a fantastic thriller with great writing. Angels and Demons is slightly better in my opinion, but this book is on the top of my list as must reads. Absolutely fantastic writing.

Selling Jesus All Over Again

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It is no secret that I am deeply charmed and swept off my feet by atheists who make the engine of my mind work and work; they make me feel alive. What Dan Brown does on the other hand is spreading around historical fallacies and lies. Even as fiction, his work at best is nothing but literary parasitism. It is now a fashionable trend in the world of literary market to see actual parasites who can't stand on their own intellectual merit but take advantage of the vast resonance associated with the name of Jesus and what he represents in order to secure profit at a very low effort. This is nothing but literary parasitism. Regarding the book itself, I observe: 1. The writing style is torturous. 2. As far as history, it is terribly inaccurate. If you choose to read it, read Bart Ehrman's book on it to get your history info there set straighted. He was so misleading. He gave the impression that his research on history is accurate while it was full of horrible mistakes. But Americans generally like any type of book that has words such as "codes", "problems and secret hidden info about Jesus", etc. People cannot be happy except with the suspense and thriller. There is a lot of talk about the betrayal of Judas, and the people are not aware that it is happening again. Christ is being sold again, not to the leaders of the Sanhedrin for thirty pieces of silver but to editors and booksellers of millions of dollars. . .

Calm down people!

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I haven't read this book in a long time, but I feel obligated to write a review due to the vast amount of controversy over it. First, let me just tell you my impressions of the book. I found it riveting to read. It is definitely a page-turner which keeps you hooked until the very end. The chapters are short and there are lots of flashbacks interspersed throughout the book. Everything is a puzzle and Brown gives you all sorts of clues, but somehow the answer is always just out of reach. The book has a great amount of suspense and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a terrific thriller / mystery. For some reason, the book being a riveting page-turner is not enough for some people. Even though this book is clearly a work of fiction, we have all sorts of religious zealots and determined critics who must chime in with their two cents worth. The bible thumpers will say all sorts of hocus pocus related to the book and its content. Critics determined to show you how smart they are will denounce the book and say its full of historical inaccuracies. I'm not sure why people are going so crazy over this book. Let me spell it out for everybody: This book is a work of FICTION. Period. Works of fiction are meant to entertain the masses. If you are interested in historical facts pertaining to religion, read a different book. If you want a book that will enthrall you until the very end, look no further.

It's FICTION, kids.

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Everyone on the planet has felt the need to weigh in on this book, decrying it as blasphemy, screaming about whether or not the Knights Templars and the Priory were real, or, further, whether they had anything to do with the Sange Real or the Mergovian line, whether Christ died for our sins, whether He lived at all, etc. First, this is a work of fiction. People became so angered about the alleged premise here that they seem to have forgotten that Dan Brown wrote this book as fiction and sold it as such. Books like Michael Piaget Holy Blood Holy Grail cover whether or not any of this is real. But even accepting that Brown never made any representation and people take things like this way too seriously, this book got too much press. This is not a bad book. It's well-enough written, and relatively fast-paced. But it's not a GREAT book, and not even the best of Brown's "heretical" novels (an honour I would reserve for Angels and Demons.) If this book had been about anything in the world other than suggesting that Christ had a child, it would have been on the bargain rack in most airports behind the unsold John Grishams within a week. Remember, kiddies: Just because it's controversial does NOT mean it's great literature. (For further lessons on the medicocre-book-propelled-to-international-stardom-by-religion, please see The Satanic Verses) [close]