'The DaVinci Code'

by Pranav P.

The DaVinci Code is a 454 page realistic fiction novel written about Dan Brown about a Harvard symbology professor named Robert Langdon who goes to Paris, and gets framed for the murder of the curator of the louvre museum, JacquesSaunière , who had wrote Langdon’s name along with some other cryptic messages as he was dying, and eventually leads Langdon to embark on a quest to seek the Holy Grail.  Saunière was part of a religious sect who had the secret location of the Holy Grail, all of the documents that the Catholic Church tried to eliminate almost two thousand years ago.  Saunière’s sect, the Priory of Sion, had the key to the location of the Holy Grail, written on a document called The Keystone.  Saunière and three others knew the secret to the location of the Keystone and the Holy Grail, but all four were killed by an extremely devout Catholic group called Opus Dei.  They wanted to get the Keystone and the Holy Grail, so no one could expose them, because if they would expose, all of the history the church tried to remove would resurface and it would tarnish the reputation and credibility of the Church.  Langdon’s journey really began when the French National Police cryptographer Sophie Neveu decoded her grandfather’s, Saunière’s, message, and was sure that Langdon was not the murderer.  While Langdon and Neveu followed the clues Saunière hid in museum and elsewhere which lead to the Holy Grail.  What started as a small murder investigation quickly escalates to a full blown international police chase, while Langdon and Neveu search for the only proof of their innocence, the Holy Grail.  

 

I enjoyed this book because of its always interesting plot twists and how every chapter is action packed, and how in depth it takes many interesting topics I had never previously heard about.  Each chapter was like a different story, with new twists and exciting events.  This was one of the few books that I could not put down after reading.  Once you reach about half way, you are so involved in the story that you feel like you are in it.  The only thing I didn’t like was that if you were to put it down for a while, many of the important but discrete details would be hazy because they are difficult to remember for long periods of time.  Other than that, i loved this book.

This book would be a good read for people who like to think.  This book gives a lot to take in and process, and would not be recommended for people who aren't really strong in that field.  It has a plot with alot of twists, and changes often, keeping the book very interesting at all times.  The book contains many befuddling  details about various foreign topics that one usually wouldn’t  know much about, and can get confusing at times.  The book dives deep into the world of Pagan and Catholic religion, and symbolism.  It has a lot of information to intake that is crucial to the plot, causing this book to take a long time to read, but that is one of the things that makes this book great.  It takes a world that we all know, and slices it open and shows us something that we've never seen before.  It makes you see the world around you different.  I think this is a great book everyone should read because it has a vast amount of interesting and unique information that you probably will never accidently stumble upon.  It hosts this library of great thoughts and ideas while supporting an interesting and thorough plot.  This a book you can read without needing any previous knowledge on the subject, and still have a great experience.  It is a great read for anyone willing to put in the time.  I would advise everyone to read this book.  It is high quality literature.  You should be able to find this book in most libraries and bookstores.  Is available on the Google Play Store and the iTunes Store as well as on Audible.

Works Cited

The DaVinci Code, By Dan Brown

Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code: A Novel. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Print.