The Da Vinci Code Reviews

Dan Brown writes a compelling book and once you start reading this book it is very difficult to put it down. The Da Vinci Code is one of those books that causes one to think about many of our belief systems. Dan Browns writings are very well researched.

I first came across this concept of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalent when I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. This book is a hypthesis as there is little documentation to support their writings.

The Da Vinci Code begins in Paris, France when Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent...

If you keep in mind that this is a work of FICTION, it is one of the best novels I have read in a long time - and is probably my favorite book second to Dan Brown's Angels & Demons.

 Dan Brown bases a lot of the book in fact, but you need to remember it's fiction and he does take some liberties to help his storyline. The plot keeps you guessing the entire time - its a great page-turner. If you are intersted in history, art, or religion this is a must-read!

Bottom-Line: Anyone with an interest in religious history should enjoy this book, as well as those who enjoy a challenge for their brain

I am not a religious man; truth be told I am an atheist, a man of logic, reason, and a tad too many questions about the whole God thing for most religious folk to answer.  Organized religion is not for me, there has been and continues to be far to much suffering in the name of God, and far too much hypocrisy at the hands of those we should trust to live virtuous lives.  That I view religious institutions as those set up to control the masses.  But at the same...