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ASIN: 0385504209
ID #107366
Product Type: Book
Reviewer: MJ Author Icon
Review Rated: ASR
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Summary of this Book...
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.
This type of Book is good for...
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.
I especially liked...
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.
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to...
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.
This Book made me feel...
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.
The author of this Book...
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.
I recommend this Book because...
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.
I don't recommend this Book because...
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.
Further Comments...
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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