Resumo de The Da Vinci Code

Ok, so Dan Brown was obviously writing in the hope that this would be made into a film. We can all see that. But if you ignore the hype that surrounds 'The Da Vinci Code' (which is difficult, I admit) and try and read the story as you would any other, then it's extremely enjoyable. The action never stops and you find yourself as caught up in the mystery as the characters, so much so you have to pause for breath once you're about half-way through. The clues are clever and the amount of information and historical 'fact' is overwhelming.
The hero is Robert Langdon, a professor of religious symbology at Harvard University. Unfortuately for him, he is in Paris at the time of the murder of Jacques Sauniere, curator at the Louvre. The clues that are left with Sauniere's grisly remains only serve to baffle Langdon at first but with the help of French cryptologist Sophie Neveu they soon begin to reveal their secret. The answers to the puzzles lie in some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci and begin to point to the truth of one of mankind's most pivotal moments in history. And the sleuthing pair aren't the only ones following the trail - whoever murdered Sauniere now has their attention on them and it's a chaotic race to uncover the secrets before anyone else.
This is not literature. Don't pick it up expecting it to be. This is the readers equivalent to a McDonalds - great at the time but half an hour later you're still hungry and wondering what the point was. It's true that the characters are flat and any emotional points in the story are hampered somewhat by the fact that you don't really care. But there are so many twists in the plot you could use it open your wine, and you won't really notice the lack of personality until afterwards.
It should be noted that although Dan Brown (and a few others like him, bless them) are convinced that the secret organisations mentioned in the story are real there has been a lot of dispute about this, as can have been seen from the abundance of documentaries on television lately. I, myself, try to keep an open mind and I suggest you do the same. Remember that it is fiction.
Finally, for the three of you that haven't yet read the book, you're probably just rebelling against the hype. I understand but you will have to give in eventually, if only to find out what all the fuss is about.

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