The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

So seeing this craze hit the world I decided to plunge into the depths of what I might call an obsessive quest for truth or a plain quest for adventure, and decided to read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. I must say I was rather skeptical at first, but after settling down with the book a few times I became hooked. The action and adventure never seemed to end and the plot had enough twists and turns to keep even the most hard core fanatic well fed. Baring from the fact that I did not read this book looking to find more history or try to uncover any of the secrets of the world it left me with an open mind.

Not to ruin it for anyone who has not read the book I will give you a taste of what you are missing. The book opens in a hotel scene with Robert Langdon a Harvard symbologist who is visiting France for a lecture the next day. It is late and his awoken from his sleep because of restlessness, but is summoned to meet a strange, but important visitor at his door. The stranger informs him that there has been a murder at the Louver Museum and thus begins the tale of The Da Vinci Code.

The book moves rather quickly and will frequently shift points of view after a chapter and follow another characters plot. You tend to get the perspective of 4 main plot developments that are all interwoven into the fabric of fiction. First you have Robert Langdon the Harvard professor and Sophie Neveu French Cryptologist and granddaughter of Jacques Saunière later on joined by Leigh Teabing, grail fanatic and advid historian. Second you follow the developments of Silas who does the bidding work of Opus Dei to discover the Keystone first. Third you explore the interactions of Opus Dei head Bishop Aringarosa. Finally you experince the adventure from the pursits of French police captain Bezu Fache.

Once you being reading you may want to clear your schedule because this book reads fast and keeps your interest looking for the next turn in the plot. I found that if I began reading before bed that I needed to find a good spot to put it down or else I would have been up all night.

Today is the opening of the movie, which I will be going to see tomorrow, and I hope it plays just as well as the book read. It has some great actors and I am looking forward to seeing it.

The Dude Abides.