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what do you think of the da vinci code, a mystery written by dan brown?

loved the book, dan brown's a genius
4 (12.1%)
loved the book only the facts are sort of wrong
4 (12.1%)
hated the book, dan brown's a loser
3 (9.1%)
i'm a complete barbarian and haven't read it
22 (66.7%)

Total Members Voted: 33

Voting closed: January 20, 2005, 02:32:54 am

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Offline icespeed

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on: January 20, 2005, 02:31:28 am
has anyone read it? i'm curious for people's opinions.

personally, i think it's an okay novel (i'm a bit of a critic, i find it too formulaic when it gets to all the cliffhangers and so on, but that's more a matter of taste than anything else) but misleading. extremely misleading. actually i think all the so-called 'facts' are a load of hallucinogen-induced fantasies.
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Offline Gloriano

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Reply #1 on: January 20, 2005, 02:41:11 am
da vinci code is one of best novels I've read
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Offline übermetroid

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Reply #2 on: January 20, 2005, 02:45:56 am
*bangs fists against chest and hollers like a barbarian*
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Offline icespeed

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Reply #3 on: January 20, 2005, 02:49:35 am
what, including all that stuff about the sacred feminine? i'm not exactly stupid (went to top high school in the state, doing medicine now) but i had to reread some of those passages a few times to get it. and i still think it's all bull, especially the hieros gamos, i mean, okay the guy gets to achieve gnosis but what about the girl, is she just like an instrument for the guy to do that or what?
$quot;Let your light shine before men...$quot;
Matthew 5:16

When I graduate, I'm going to be a doctor, and people are going to come to me looking for treatment and prescription drugs, and I'm going to give it to them. Is anyone scared yet?

$quot;If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord', and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.$quot; Romans 10:9
 

Offline Rson

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Reply #4 on: January 20, 2005, 02:56:38 am
I read an article about it in the newspaper, but I never read it.

Apparently some people are taking the book literally.
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Offline Ransom

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Reply #5 on: January 20, 2005, 03:44:02 am
Read some of it, got bored. Don't like those kind of books ('those kind' as in non-fantasy/sci fi). As far as they go though, it wasn't too bad. Where's the 'it was ok' option?
 

Offline Primus

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Reply #6 on: January 20, 2005, 04:22:59 am
The what??
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Offline kode

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Reply #7 on: January 20, 2005, 05:21:53 am
the option "I read the book, and it's overrated but a good pastime none-the-less" isn't there, so I didn't vote.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #8 on: January 20, 2005, 05:53:20 am
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Originally posted by Rson
I read an article about it in the newspaper, but I never read it.

Apparently some people are taking the book literally.


The Louvre and Roslyn Chapel are a bit pissed off at that, IIRC.
 

Offline vyper

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Reply #9 on: January 20, 2005, 05:56:10 am
Read The Templar Revelation if you want the non-fiction presentation.
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Offline Falcon

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Reply #10 on: January 20, 2005, 06:15:31 am
*jumps up and down*

Im a barbarian!
 

Offline Bobboau

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Reply #11 on: January 20, 2005, 06:21:32 am
not all the facts are BS but quite a few of them are
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Offline Nico

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Reply #12 on: January 20, 2005, 07:29:55 am
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Originally posted by icespeed
what, including all that stuff about the sacred feminine? i'm not exactly stupid (went to top high school in the state, doing medicine now) but i had to reread some of those passages a few times to get it. and i still think it's all bull, especially the hieros gamos, i mean, okay the guy gets to achieve gnosis but what about the girl, is she just like an instrument for the guy to do that or what?


Don't bother, he didn't actually read it :p
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Offline Corsair

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Reply #13 on: January 20, 2005, 08:10:33 am
I'm in the middle of it right now and I'm loving it.
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Offline pyro-manic

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Reply #14 on: January 20, 2005, 12:03:34 pm
*dons armour and studs*

I'm reading the Book of Five Rings atm...
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Offline Rand al Thor

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Reply #15 on: January 20, 2005, 12:56:48 pm
I thought the first half when it set the story, and established its world was pretty interesting. Nice interpretation.

Then when the chase/treasure hunt started it got pretty repetitive. Every chapter ends with 'And then it struck him. It was so blindingly obvious! He entered the code and the case unlocked!'.

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Offline kode

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Reply #16 on: January 20, 2005, 12:57:07 pm
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
*dons armour and studs*

I'm reading the Book of Five Rings atm...


whoa! so am I.
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Offline Ford Prefect

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Reply #17 on: January 20, 2005, 02:20:07 pm
The fact that everyone was carrying on about it kinda made me not want to read it. Besides, I hear he's a terrible writer.
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #18 on: January 20, 2005, 02:27:25 pm
Never felt any need to read it.

On a side note, The Book of the Five Rings is quite good.
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Offline Shinobi

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Reply #19 on: January 20, 2005, 03:09:14 pm
Complete lack of character development, was its main flaw out of several. Had a few interesting plot twists though I pre-empted the main one. All in all I think it's an ok read, though entirely over-rated and over-sold.

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