Robert Langdon, an expert symbologist, is thrust into the adventure of a lifetime when somebody he doesn't even know, but respects greatly, is mysteriously murdered. This man, curator of Paris' Louvre, leaves behind a trail of clues that Langdon sifts through to solve a murder, and as he learns, discover even more than that.

He is a suspect in the mysterious murder, which leads the reader on a hectic chase through France and England and through a maze of controversial ideas, historical facts, and surprising truths about our world.

Somebody who is looking for a good suspense novel. Somebody who likes to sit on the edge of their seat when reading a good book. Somebody interested in history and/or adventure.

How a fictional story was intertwined with an amazingly accurate set of historical facts. It's a focused history book blanketed in an amazingly written story of fiction.

I also liked many of the scenes presented throughout the novel; I found myself laughing in parts, becoming tense with anticipation in others, and yet, chills ran up my spine in others.

Make the rest of the world read it. It literally goes against what 2000 years of The Church has brought us to believe (at least subconciously), but I think it brings in an interesting perspective that we can't ignore.

Shocked. Amazed. Inspired. I can't describe my feelings more than this; only that it is seriously one of the best books I have ever read.

wrote this very well. He presented a story from multiple perspectives and combined an enormous amount of research and facts in something that appeals to a fiction-lover. Character-development was well done, as was the plot development and so much more. You know in movies when we feel we need to yell at the screen to warn a character about something? Dan Brown [the author] presented situations just like that...only he makes the reader feel like they can actually put themselves in the book's world.

It is an interesting read. Granted, it is boiling with controversy, and rightly so, and it definitely opposes any Christian/Catholic beliefs that we find in our world every day. However, it really is a good read that presents an interesting perspective and can truly give us both sides of the story.

If you happen to be a devout Christian/Catholic, you may find yourself angry, disappointed, unbelieving, annoyed...anything but something good. It really disrupts what most of us have been brought up to believe, and I understand how it's hard to question things that have been established for 2000 years.

The first 100 pages may be a little tedious for some, but it is still worth reading the whole way through. Give it a chance. Really.

For more info, go
http://www.danbrown.com
or
http://www.thedavincicode.com

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