Comments on: The Dumb Vinci Code

By: James Wilson

James Wilson — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:18:42 +0000

I read one-quarter of The Da Vinci Code, repelled in boredom, and scanned the rest to search for some improvement. My conclusion was that to rate the book positively required experiencing a thrill that you had discovered the idea that Jesus had sex and left royal offspring for the ages, which even covers the needs of two opposing ideologies.

By: Faze

Faze — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 02:33:49 +0000

Agree with this guy about Eco. He’s a clever, good-natured post-structuralist, who deconstructs his subjects with Italianate brio. He writes best-selling novels which certainly don’t to the reader (although they’re not my cup of tea).

By: Steve Doc 22

Steve Doc 22 — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:22:13 +0000

Even given my usual skepticism, I have rarely been as disappointed in a book as I was with the Da Vinci Code, given the adulation heaped upon it by reviewers, readers and the media. I agree totally with Djolds1: B-grade all-around.

By: Djolds1

Djolds1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 20:17:38 +0000

I read The Da Vinci Code some years back and thought it was a B- Grade book but maybe an A Grade screenplay.

That was before the movie. I certainly fumbled that judgment.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:43:15 +0000

Actually, a better source of Brown's books is Richard Leigh, Michael Baigent, and Henry Lincoln's Holy Blood, Holy Grail, John Cape, London, 1982. The authors actually sued Brown but lost in court because they represented their work as actual history, and history is a legitimate source for fiction writers like Brown.