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 Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:12 am
Ok, so I say this at the risk of sounding like a complete idiot:
Is it just me or does the book seem really confusing? I don't really like it that much. I dislike the way, in each chapter, it jumps from one scenario to the other, from Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu to Silas and the bishop, then to Fache. I can't explain why. It just confuses me. I always find that I just skin the Silas chapters so I can hurry up and read the Langdon and Neveu ones. Thoughts, anyone?
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:29 pm
I had to read it a couple of times before I understood it, so don't feel bad 3nodding .
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:29 am
I was confused when I first started reading it.
Way too fast-paced for my liking, but after a good 8 chapters, it kinda cleared up.
Now I think its a great book. :3
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:12 pm
Man, I totally got the Priory of Scion and the french police mixed up like eight hundred times. But Once I got it figured out I liked it a lot. Maybe a little dramatic, but good all the same.
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:45 pm
I thought the movie was better than the book, which is odd. I also think ALL of it is nonsense, so maybe I am biased. The book seemed very "drugstore check-out line" to me, which is actually where I bought it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:46 pm
Chris Superstar I thought the movie was better than the book, which is odd. I also think ALL of it is nonsense, so maybe I am biased. The book seemed very "drugstore check-out line" to me, which is actually where I bought it.
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:39 pm
I didn't find it confusing, but that may be because I have the illustrated edition. Maybe that helps visualize things and also give you a chance to stop and think.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:17 am
i agree the da vinci code is quite confusing but dan brown's other books such as angels and demons and digital fortress are much easier to read and are just better books in my eyes esp. angels and demons.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:36 pm
I just saw the movie and in some ways I liked it better than the book because it was more believable.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:56 pm
The Da Vinci Code is a little confusing, yeah. And it confuses me that some people believes in it.... it's just fiction! Also, I liked Angels and Demons more than The Da Vinci Code... But it has a nice plot.... biggrin
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:32 pm
Lady Pole I didn't find it confusing, but that may be because I have the illustrated edition. Maybe that helps visualize things and also give you a chance to stop and think. Yeah, I really like my illustrated edition, too. Since the whole book is basically a whirlwind historical tour of Europe, it helped a lot. But, although I read the book and watched the movie, I would never wish to go back and revisit either one again. The book had so little literary merit, and the movie was so humdrum, that I really couldn't get into either one. =/ It's good that a book exists that helps people think about the roots of their religion, and perhaps examine their own beliefs a little in doing so. But beyond cultural education, the whole thing kind of fell flat to me.
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:24 am
I think, the great fascination of this book is, that the writer managed to sew it so finely into history that one could really believe it happened.
I enjoyed a great deal and was really getting into the search/hunt whatever and I admit, that sometimes I just laid down the book and wondered if it could really be true. And that is, probably, the great thing about it. Because the story allows you to have your own thoughts run away with you!;3
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:24 pm
I didn't like the forceful info dump, but I did like how he brought up some old [rather] unpopular theories about Christ and the Holy Grail. He made them sound true [until you re-read them in your head]. I did not find the chapters confusing because I write just like him (limited to the scene switching part [I do not have his English writing skill]).
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:30 am
what I read of it was very good. I never seemed to have gotten lost in who he was talking about... maybe it's because reading some of Albert Camus' work can be similar.
Anyway, good book, at least, what I've read of it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:49 am
I liked it and didn't really get confused at all. The illustrated hardbook version is the best since you get to see all the paintings, items and locations mentioned as you progress through the story.
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