Customer Reviews:
 you MUST simply read this book... March 20, 2003
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Okay, Mr. Brown, keeps upping himself with each successive novel. This is a book not to be missed. I dare you to put this book down once you start reading. It starts with a gruesome death in the Louvre and continues with an unfolding mystery that spans continents, centuries, and will blow away your conceptions about the "accepted" histories of art and religion. This book deserves to be a major bestseller! (And don't forget to read all his other books, too!)--James Rollins
 Oh gee, not this again. March 20, 2003
13 out of 33 found this review helpful
How many times is this tiresome tale going to be told? The Jesus and Mary Magdalene story has been fiction fodder since Holy Grail Holy Blood back in the 80s back then it was hot stuff and considered controversial today the whole idea just rates a roll of the eyes.
Now, to the main point. Is the book good? Yeah, Dan Brown is a pretty good writer but the story--the only reason a fiction book exists, right?---is so lame that I couldn't enjoy it. The three stars is simply due to Brown's talent.
Fantastic March 19, 2003
2 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book is amazing, I haven't finished it yet so I'm hoping it continues this way, but if you have the chance to read it, DO.
In a word - FANTASTIC! March 19, 2003
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book grips you from the first page. It keeps you in suspense, with many twists and turns, right until the end. The author's vast knowledge of religion and art history certainly lend to the suspense and makes The Da Vinci Code stand out from other books in this genre. Have an art history book on hand when you read it - and maybe a bible and the Internet, too. Have fun!
 Dense and disappointing March 19, 2003
16 out of 29 found this review helpful
There's far too much math, codes and cryptology, art history, and religious history in this book, and far too little thriller. The writing is pedestrian, and the characterization is nil. That said, the premise is very intriguing -- but unfortunately the first review, above, gives away the big secret! So you lose that suspense -- you already know what they're going to find out. So I'm mixed about this novel. The author is clearly smart, and it's original, but it doesn't really live up to the hype.
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