The Da Vinci Code

yes, there are historical inaccurasies in the book... that's why it's fiction, if you can't seperate reality from a story the person needs to get mental help. Giving this as a reason NOT to read it is simply stupid, it is ment to entertain and not to teach

This thread took quite a nasty turn...

For one thing, The Da Vinci code is a well-written, edge-of-your seat book, however inaccurate it may be. People could be arguing this for decade with people gave them the chance.

And despite my affection for this book, I must admit that it has flaws. Numero uno was the lack of character development. Like Stephen King, John Grisham, and other, Dan Brown writes the literary equivalent of popcorn movies. We enjoy reading it, but it doesn't exactly fulfill us. Brown, King, Grisham, etc. rely on action to further their story.

Other than that, I have no problems with it. It is FICTION, as yerss said, and anyone who tries to make a huge world-controversy deal about it completely wasting their time.

I read the book as soon as it came out, i simply loved it. It had alot of information that has been buried by the church and they're all true. This is the first author that I have read in a while that knew just how well to put this info into the story plot. I loved it!

the di vinci code was so good!! i read it lots of times. it was real smart!!!!

👆

Originally posted by Miss_Faye
I read the book as soon as it came out, i simply loved it. It had alot of information that has been buried by the church and they're all true. This is the first author that I have read in a while that knew just how well to put this info into the story plot. I loved it!

Originally posted by yerssot
though be careful about what you consider the truth in the book

Yes i know, but the author did do his research and had all his facts well written. He makes good sense. And I can tell the differences between truth and make believe. 😉

well, not all that he wrote and claims to be fact is right

I know I never claimed it was. But some of the facts that he did discuss in the book were right.

indeed 🙂 just saying 😉

Ha, alright coolness, by the way good thread.

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
Oh...la...la...Well, let me see...It's written like a Clive Cussler novel, it's inaccurate and it's ends like any other middle-of-the-road, trashy 'thriller' novel. Oh, and it's the litterary equivalent of a Big Mac.

This is what I stated previously...Please note, the inaccuracies of the tripe are only one point of displeasure.

However, the problem with inaccuracies in works of fiction is that some fools believe them and some authors encourage this belief...Far greater is the crime of being an over-rated piece of trash wrapped-up like an 'intelligent' book, causing stupid people to believe..."Wow, I like, uh, understood 'The Da Vinci' code, so, uh, I must be, like, uh, well-read and smart, yeah!"

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
This is what I stated previously...Please note, the inaccuracies of the tripe are only one point of displeasure.

However, the problem with inaccuracies in works of fiction is that some fools believe them and some authors encourage this belief...Far greater is the crime of being an over-rated piece of trash wrapped-up like an 'intelligent' book, causing stupid people to believe..."Wow, I like, uh, understood 'The Da Vinci' code, so, uh, I must be, like, uh, well-read and smart, yeah!"

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
This is what I stated previously...Please note, the inaccuracies of the tripe are only one point of displeasure.

However, the problem with inaccuracies in works of fiction is that some fools believe them and some authors encourage this belief...Far greater is the crime of being an over-rated piece of trash wrapped-up like an 'intelligent' book, causing stupid people to believe..."Wow, I like, uh, understood 'The Da Vinci' code, so, uh, I must be, like, uh, well-read and smart, yeah!"

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
This is what I stated previously...Please note, the inaccuracies of the tripe are only one point of displeasure.

However, the problem with inaccuracies in works of fiction is that some fools believe them and some authors encourage this belief...Far greater is the crime of being an over-rated piece of trash wrapped-up like an 'intelligent' book, causing stupid people to believe..."Wow, I like, uh, understood 'The Da Vinci' code, so, uh, I must be, like, uh, well-read and smart, yeah!"

Jury, Clovie, yerssot...I love you all and you're all very smart, so I must be wrong as you never fail to miss the point of my post.

Here are some of my favorite books:

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
You Shall Know Our Velocity - D Eggers
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Dubliners - Joyce
Heart Of Darkness - Conrad
The Alchemist - Coelho
Great Expectations - Dickens
The Great White Shark Hunt - Thompson
Caught Inside - Duane
Papillon - Charriere
Catch 22 - Heller
1984 - Orwell
Animal farm - Orwell
A Clockwork Orange - Burgess
The Crying of Lot 49 - Pynchon
The Jitterbug Perfume - Robbins

Most of them are works of fiction, so 'truth' has little to do with whether I like or dislike a book. My derision aimed at The Da Vinci Code, as I've repeatedly stated, is that it is just a shit book.

i love you too 🤨

out of books you mentioned i've read only Catcher in the Rye and The Alchemist...
i've read something by conrad but not the one you mentioned, and i have no clue about english title of that one. and a part of 1984.. resignated from reading it coz it was too similar to our history 😬

and what goes for da vinci code..
i have no idea why are you making such a big deal of it.
you didn't like it. it is your chpice, but everyone should have a right to make their own choices and i don't see why are you in so autocrative way prohibiting others from read a book.
it is nothing but a book.
you find it 'shitty', i find it entertaiming, some other ppl loved or hated it it.

and i thought the dissucion was that some ppl belives what was said there to be truth (what is obviously wrong) and not that it is not one of the kind of books you like.

I rather agree with the critics' praises for the book. 😬

Originally posted by Ou Be Low hoo
Jury, Clovie, yerssot...I love you all and you're all very smart, so I must be wrong as you never fail to miss the point of my post.

Here are some of my favorite books:

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
You Shall Know Our Velocity - D Eggers
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Dubliners - Joyce
Heart Of Darkness - Conrad
The Alchemist - Coelho
Great Expectations - Dickens
The Great White Shark Hunt - Thompson
Caught Inside - Duane
Papillon - Charriere
Catch 22 - Heller
1984 - Orwell
Animal farm - Orwell
A Clockwork Orange - Burgess
The Crying of Lot 49 - Pynchon
The Jitterbug Perfume - Robbins

Most of them are works of fiction, so 'truth' has little to do with whether I like or dislike a book. My derision aimed at The Da Vinci Code, as I've repeatedly stated, is that it is just a shit book.

I only read 1984 and Animal Farm I believe... though I'm pretty sure that I never finished 1984 cause I found it boring 😑

anyway, I was like Clovie under the impression that the discussion was about that it wasn't fully the truth 😖

Da Vinci Code Author Accused of Plagiarism

Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster novel The Da Vinci Code, is being sued for plagiarism in a New York court.

He denies that he lifted material for his international best-seller from another book and his lawyer yesterday urged Judge George Daniels to throw out copyright-infringement claims made by rival author Lewis Perdue.

Perdue claims Brown lifted plot material from two of his books – The Da Vinci Legacy and Daughter of God – and used it in The Da Vinci Code.

Brown said the plagiarism claims are nonsense.

“We anticipate that the action shall be summarily dismissed,” said Elizabeth McNamara, the lawyer for Brown and his publisher, Random House.

But Perdue insisted there are too many similarities between the whodunits to be a coincidence.

Judge Daniels said he will issue a ruling in the spring.