Hello there readers! I have one more amazing blog for you all to read while sipping that hot cup of coffee. This one is for the Bibliophiles. If you are not a fan of big and fancy words, well, its for those who are buried in a good book day and night like me. I have read books of many genres and had vivid experiences. A Romantic book would make me choke, a comedy would give me a stomach ache due to laughing so hard, a fantasy would take me to a world of magic where anything i wish would happen. My favourite genre when it comes to books is mystery. I have read many mystery books. In this post, i will briefly review one of them. Even of you are a teenager or an adult, if you like mystery, this is the book for you. So what are we waiting for, lets jump right in!
The book I am going to tell you about in this blog post is something you might have heard of through some fellow bibliophiles. I don’t know if you guessed it, but it’s called ‘The Da Vinci Code’ . Read on to find out more about it.
Basic information
Genre- mystery, thriller
Author- Dan Brown
Release date- 18 March 2003
Name- The Da Vinci code
Copies sold- 80 million worldwide
Movie- The Da Vinci code [ I would recommend the book, the movie isn't as great as the book ]
The plot
The book is about a quest to retrieve a historical artifact as old as time. A secret hidden deep inside of that object, a secret that could solve a mystery.
The elderly curator of the Louvre museum in Paris is mysteriously found dead. Harvard professor and an expert symbolist Robert Langdon is summoned to decipher the baffling codes which the police find. A smart and gifted expert cryptologist [ Cryptographers secure computer and information technology systems by creating algorithms and ciphers to encrypt data. They often also carry out the duties of a cryptanalyst, deciphering algorithms and cipher text to decrypt information. ]
Sophie Neveu sorts through the bizarre riddles. What they find leads way back in time. The answer lies into an age-old mystery buried deep within the vault of history. Unless Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu decipher the mind boggling codes and quickly assemble the pieces, the historical truth could be lost forever…
Some famous reviews
The New York Times- “ An exhilarating brainy thriller, not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase.”
The Sunday Times- “ For anyone who wants more brain food than other thrillers is provided here.”
The Review
According to me, this is the best book I have ever read. Why? Because a good thriller should have the ability to keep the readers on the edge of their seat and make it hard for them to put it down. This book is the quintessential of a good mystery thriller. When it comes to books, there can be certain mood killers that might make you put that book away never to read it again.
The slow pace of a story does not impress readers, fortunately, I am happy to say that this is not at all the case with the Da Vinci code as it picks up pace pretty quick but also gives time to the readers to let the information sink in. When one reads a book, one tends to make a picture in their minds. This would not be possible if things are not appropriately described. For example, if you are reading about a character, physical descriptions like blue eyes, blonde hair, a good height, a groomed beard etc. play a big role in making the characters distinctive and memorable. That is definitely a plus point for this book. Almost every book has it, but i have read some books where the description of the characters are not given proper description which does make it interesting.
As this book has a fast pace, it also maintains it throughout and does not unnecessarily stretch anything and make it boring. Just as every good thing faces criticism in certain aspects, the same goes with this book. It generated criticism and controversy after its publication in 2003. Many of the complaints centered on the book's speculations and misrepresentations of core aspects of Christianity and the history of the Catholic Church. This can be a minus point for the book as people take religion quite seriously and they do not want their sentiments to be harmed. I feel that some religious parts in this book are unwanted. One can ignore the controversy and read the book for the thrill it gives.
I would give the book 4 out of 5 stars.
About the author
Dan Gerhard Brown was born on June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire. He has a younger sister, Valerie (born 1968) and brother, Gregory (born 1974). Brown attended Exeter's public schools until the ninth grade. He grew up on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy, where his father, Richard G. Brown was a teacher of mathematics and wrote textbooks from 1968 until his retirement in 1997. His mother, Constance (née Gerhard), trained as a church organist and student of sacred music.Brown's interest in secrets and puzzles stems from their presence in his household as a child, where codes and ciphers were the linchpin tying together the mathematics, music, and languages in which his parents worked. The young Brown spent hours working out anagrams and crossword puzzles, and he and his siblings participated in elaborate treasure hunts devised by their father on birthdays and holidays.
On Christmas, for example, Brown and his siblings did not find gifts under the tree, but followed a treasure map with codes and clues throughout their house and even around town to find the gifts. Brown's relationship with his father inspired that of Sophie Neveu and Jacques Saunière in The Da Vinci Code. While on vacation in Tahiti in 1993, Brown read Sidney Sheldon's novel The Doomsday Conspiracy, and was inspired to become a writer of thrillers.
I really hope you liked this book review. Stay tuned for the next post, feel absolutely free to comment any suggestions or comments in the comments below! Till then, see ya!
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