The Da Vinci Code...

I decided to read the infamous book "The Da Vinci Code" this week and I was surprised at how quick it read! I started tuesday morning and by yesterday afternoon, I was finished...probably about 17-20 hours of reading...but I'm not sure.

All in all, I am very satisfied with the book. I found it to be a good thriller of sorts and I was always finding myself hooked to keep reading and learn more. The author really does a good job a developing the story in a way that you are always wanting more and more...find our what they mean...leaving details out like the memory that Sophie has of her grandfather when she broke contact with him. Although I did guess (well, the individual was one of my three guesses) who the villain was.

The thing that I really enjoyed was the presentation of controversial information. I am a catholic, but I found the claims and evidence presented to support the claims to be of sound mind. It leaves the reader questioning the real world but remembering that this is a fictional story...the locations, facts and information portrayed in the book are true claims made in our world. The fiction is that this book presents this information as being true, but leaves room to say that if we do not want to beleive the claim, that is ok.

Anyhow...I hate being the one who might spoil a surprise, I just wait with anticipation for the movie to come out...and looking at the cast, I think they did a pretty good job. I didn't like it quite as much as Foucault's Pendulum, but a very good book indeed. I think I've read more books this year than I did throughout my entire high school!!!

-SkEEtEr-