The Da Vinci Code . . . I don't get the fuss

[timmy_ritz]

So obviously the Da Vinci code is the biggest book since sliced bread in America. It's been on the New York Top Ten since it's release years ago. That is a monstrous accomplishment

Comments

[axelicious]

You know, I liked this book. So I have to disagree with you. Mind you, I don't think it should win any pulitzer prizes for literature, and my views on religion don't come into play since I have none to speak of. The book, on it surface is simply a mystery novel, but it's food for the lizard brain. It provides you with subtle little challenges (how challenging they are varies; I found them quite easy after the first couple, once I got my brain thinking) and these little victories or defeats encourage the reader to keep going. I don't agree that the writing is bad. While there has been better writing, there certainly has been worse. And the execution is what makes it so enjoyable. The layout, that's what get's people. The topic is just bread to fill out the meal. This could have been about corruption at a major corporation, or some other lightning rod. The excution is the genius. The fact that he choose something like religion to tie it together is just flash

[mycroftca]

I suspected as much...

[rafael607]

yeah, this is odd. i feel like i'm one of 3 people on the entire planet that hasn't read the da vinci code. and it's not like i'm against reading it or anything, but by now i've heard people talking about it for like 3 years, so i basically already know the story, and the movie'll be out soon enough anyway...

i do feel left out though. is there a cliff's notes version yet?...

[sugarbabiedoll]

I was going to say. . .before you commented on it. . .I head the same thing about which book you read first. After I read "DaVinci" and loved it, someone told me to read "Angels and Demons" because it's "much better." But before I picked it up, someone else told me I'd be disapppointed because if I liked "DaVinci" and read it first, then "Angels and Demons" doesn't compare. And the people who like "Angels and Demons" a lot are the ones who read that book first.