Essay - The Da Vince Code the Book 'The Da Vinci Code'...

The Da Vince Code

The book "The ***** Vinci *****" by author Dan Brown is a controversial novel that was released in March 2003, by publisher Double Day. It debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and has remained on it since, selling millions of copies. It is a thriller story involving secret societies, conspir*****cies, ***** Catholic church, ***** the fictional truth about Jesus Christ ("cracking," 2004). The author's summary is as follows: a renowned Harvard symbologist is summoned to the Louvre Museum to examine a series of cryptic symbols relating to Da Vinci's artwork. In decrypting the code, he uncovers the key to one of the greatest mysteries of all time...and he becomes a hunted man. There have been ********** numerous reviews this *****. This paper will focus on ***** comparisons of those pros and cons.

The Pros

First ***** *****, beginning w*****h the pros, according to Greer, ***** chapters in the ***** Vinci Code are short, usually not more than a couple of p*****ges. Most of them end with a cliffhanger that immediately catapults you in the next chapter. So grab this book, sit back, and prep***** to be entertained and educated. It's well written, it's intelligent, ***** best of all, its fun (p. 3).

According to MacEwan, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is going ***** make publishing hi*****. Trust me. It's good. ***** damn good. ***** Da Vinci Code has ***** the right ingredients to create a m*****ssive market share of the fiction sold during the next year. The characters are believable, the fictional premise intriguing, and it has two major comp*****nts ***** insure sales—***** Knights Templar and the search for ***** Holy Grail (p.2).

Maslin states the word is wow. The author is Dan Brown. In this gleefully erudite suspense *****, Mr. Brown takes the ********** he has been developing through three earlier novels and fine tunes it to blockbuster perfection. Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase in coax*****g ***** through hoops (p.1).

Blomberg mentions that the most important word in this ***** is "novel" (p.1). It ***** well *****, fast-paced, ***** surprising turns of plot and intrigue regularly shocking readers, especially when they think they ***** figured things out. It contains all the elements of a good murder mystery, enough vivid portrayals ***** one can imagine ***** events depicted on location, especially if one is familiar w*****h France and Britain, and bite-sized ***** that regularly end with a cliffhanger begging one to read *****.

***** to Taylor, ***** should dash ***** out to the books*****re and buy the book. ***** Brown's novel is an ingenious mixture of a paranoid art history lesson, chase story, and religious symbology lecture. It's the most fun you ***** have between the sort ***** covers that *****n't ********** Egyptian cotton (p. 1).

Crais states, "I would never ***** believed ***** ***** is my kind of thriller, but I'm going to tell you