I just finished The Da Vinci Code and I must absolutely recommend it to anyone who thinks that there is more than one way of looking at things, or that there is more out there than what we know. It is not all conspiracy theories, paranoid conjecture and unfounded assertions. Much of the controversial ideas put forth through the novel are simply alternative ways of looking at familiar stories.
Granted, he does bog down the story in inane details, as if to say, "Hey, look at all the research I did!" Some of these details are interesting asides, some are completely irrelevant, as if he had to include the information so that a certain trip could be written off as a business expense. Still, the plot is compelling. I finished the 380-odd pages in just over a day.
Fair warning: the book is guaranteed to offend anyone who thinks that their understanding of religious stories is the only way it could possibly be. To enjoy the book, you have to be ready to believe that the church is influenced by the politics of humanity, and that religion was not always and forever the way it is now.
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