da vinci code

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Audrey Tautou will be Sophie Neveu in the movie

[uNz[i]]

Not a bad bit of casting there... she's almost exactly like I pictured Sophie while I was reading.

[mogadishu]

i just started listening to the audiobook.. (i got an ipod, wanted to see how it is). I've only listened to the first 6 or so chapters, but I actually like tom hanks in the role. I dont know how the rest of the book unfolds, but so far i would not have like a harrison ford etc.. that kind of actor would have been too strong. This guy is a scholar. But I should probably buy the book.

[mogadishu]

spoilers....


I just finished the book and I can honestly say it is one of the worst I have ever read. His writing is not good by any means, but I was willing to put up with that because it is a real page turner. The cliffhangers were interesting at first, but they too got old very quickly. There were over 105 chapters and way too many of them ended like "Langdon looked with amazement at what they found in the box" Well wtf is in the box. Also, he misleads the reader about Bezu Fache. When Fache contacted the bishop, i was sure he was a bad guy. I dont mind him changing sides, but there is no mention of fache for a few chapters then suddenly he appears and is all knowing and is really nice to the bishop. The ending is one of the worst ever. 103 chapters of nothing with no real resolution then basically the whole book in the last 2 and the epelogue. one of the worst things in the book was when there was a high moment of suspence you had to read pages of Langdon's (Dan Brown's) knowledge of the area. I mean who the hell is thinking about the history and the symolism etc when they have a gun pointed at their head. Man a very bad book.

[worldpease]

Hey hey hey, I've heard so many good reviews, and some bad too,
that finaly Im going to read it,
so, keep it 'spoiler free' ok. ... lol, just kidding here.

But I heard a few minutes ago on the CBS Insider, that the writer is already working on the 3rd part, so, is there already a sequel to the first one?

[uNz[i]]

Yes. Angels and Demons.
Actually it's more of a vague prequel. I preferred it to the Da Vinci code tbh.

[worldpease]

Ooh, Ok, I believe is the one that someone asked if he needed to read before "the da vinci code" earlier on this tread.
Ok, then I'll stick with this one to start.

[uNz[i]]

It really doesn't matter which book you read first. The only common thread between the 2 books is the main character. The stories are completely independent of each other.

[sparsely]

i read the book yesterday.

great read

[erRor67]

I read the second novel (Da Vinci code) first. Then i went back and read Angels and Demons (the first novel). It isnt a prequel as in the fact you have to read the first to understand the second (Like Harry Potter for instance). Its more like James Bond, you dont really need to start from the beginning. I suppose it would help, as the author goes more in depth about the main charactor in book 1 and all. But the actual plot, setting, and events are totally different. THe both stories owned and recommend reading both of them. And if you are, you might as well read them in order.