Reviews

شيفرة دافنشي by Dan Brown

fawspam's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

amandal_33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really cool but minus .5 because i predicted the ending like halfway through lol

sanszajn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

aspygirlsmom_1995's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

larsianu's review against another edition

1.0

Written badly and full of mistakes. On top of my head:

- It is totally unrealistic that a Harvard semiotics professor cannot read even the simplest French phrases.
- The word joke: Papal Bull only works in English and not in the supposedly native French.
- It is terribly predictable and a total rip off of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.
- It pretends to be well researched etc. Not...

If you really want to read a thriller with historical and gnostic underpinnings pick up Umberto Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum'.

sydsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

deepat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A reread. But frankly, I had quite forgotten the story; so it was as good as a fresh read. The writing is crisp and fast-paced with lots of symbology and iconology (real or half-real) thrown in. Snippets of ancient lore, conspiracy theories and history makes the tale very much interesting to me. I was reading the book in an anytime-I-could-fit-it-in kind of way. A mystery I loved before, encouraged me to look up so much artwork, then and now. The topic of pagan feminine goddess worship is so similar to Hinduism, esp in South India. Very intriguing. 

hartyharrharr's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

acertaineh's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

adam_z's review against another edition

3.0

I thoroughly enjoyed the novel. Despite that I completely disagree with the views expressed about Jesus & Christianity. Way too many people bought into that load of crap.