The Da Vinci Code: What did you think?

[perphella]

I thought it was great! I didn't know half the stuff about paganism that I did after reading this book. It was a great well-written thriller that I've read three times (reading third time right now XD). Tell me your thoughts on it, I'm glad to hear them...as long as you are not trolling...  

[Ncrypt1d Threadkiller]

I thought it was really interesting^^. But I just like thrillers, so yeah....

/cue Michael Jackson  

[perphella]

Lol

 

[Paradoxismminant]

rofl rofl

I've only saw the movie, but from what I've seen, it seems pretty interesting. I guess I just like scandal...  

[eleanne]

As a disloyal Quaker-leaning semi-Catholic, I still have to say that it's pretty unrealistic. I mean, self-flagellation hasn't been practiced for centuries as a church-supported worship method and is only practiced by extremist members of one disfavored extremist sect, different from the one in the book. And can we choose between albino, religious fanatic, and giant?
So other than far wilder inaccuracies than His Dark Materials (one of my favorite series ever, which was actually fairly truthful), it was a fairly nice book. The sequels get a little gimicky though.  

[Paradoxismminant]

Ooh, His Dark Materials was a really good series...I think that's the first book that made me really think.  

[perphella]

eleanne

As a disloyal Quaker-leaning semi-Catholic, I still have to say that it's pretty unrealistic. I mean, self-flagellation hasn't been practiced for centuries as a church-supported worship method and is only practiced by extremist members of one disfavored extremist sect, different from the one in the book. And can we choose between albino, religious fanatic, and giant?
So other than far wilder inaccuracies than His Dark Materials (one of my favorite series ever, which was actually fairly truthful), it was a fairly nice book. The sequels get a little gimicky though.

Uhmm...sweetie, did you actually read the book? Dan Brown WAS talking about an extremist. The albino monk was using Opus Dei's way of cleansing to get rid of his sin of killing people. And this book is truthful, he did a lot of research on this stuff.  

[eleanne]

perphella

eleanne

As a disloyal Quaker-leaning semi-Catholic, I still have to say that it's pretty unrealistic. I mean, self-flagellation hasn't been practiced for centuries as a church-supported worship method and is only practiced by extremist members of one disfavored extremist sect, different from the one in the book. And can we choose between albino, religious fanatic, and giant?
So other than far wilder inaccuracies than His Dark Materials (one of my favorite series ever, which was actually fairly truthful), it was a fairly nice book. The sequels get a little gimicky though.

Uhmm...sweetie, did you actually read the book? Dan Brown WAS talking about an extremist. The albino monk was using Opus Dei's way of cleansing to get rid of his sin of killing people. And this book is truthful, he did a lot of research on this stuff.

I wrote this after enduring about an hour and a half of classmates twisting the series to call all Catholics crazy self-mutilating extremists. redface Many people I've talked to honestly think that the monk portrays your average Catholic. It tends to affect my appreciation of a book when readers twist it to mean cruel, bigoted things. I guess I was just tired of people asking if I followed the pope's every command or if I beat myself- but you're right that this wasn't the place to take my anger out and for that I am truly sorry. I still think that some sections of the book are a bit over-the-top, such as the combination of villainous memes for the monk.
I'd also like to correct myself, Opus Dei is the sect that uses that type of self-punishment, though not quite to the monk's intensity.  

[Paradoxismminant]

Ah, there are misunderstandings everywhere. Unfortunately, the only thing you can really do is try to educate them.

I guess that monk was an...extreme extremist? O_O  

[perphella]

Hey its ok eleanne, I would go nuts too if ppl were on my @$$ about my religion too. No worries kk? biggrin  

[eleanne]

kk smile  

[Green_crayon42]

I read The Da Vinci Code on a vacation to Costa Rica three years ago.
It was intense from what I remember. I could barely put it down. And I do want to read it again.  

[perphella]

I've been reading his other books, "Deception Point" and "Digital Fortress." Both very intense.  

[Paradoxismminant]

Are they from the same series? Or companion books, or what?  

[perphella]

No, they are stand-alones. No Robert Langdon, just the same author.