Boring. And forced. In local terms: TH or trying hard. That’s how I found the book “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown. Of course, I also had the usual perception much like that of fellow believers: that it was blasphemous. And I have to admit that in certain parts, the story was riveting, if only for the suspense when people were running after Robert and Sophie. But otherwise, I often found myself getting drowsy, even falling asleep while reading the book ( A sacrilege! I normally don’t fall asleep when I read storybooks!). Is it because I knew already that the author was writing about untruths? Or is it because I expected too much from the book based on the popularity it has attained? Or maybe it was set in France?
I am no expert in doing book reviews nor do I dare make one officially. But I’ve read lots of fiction books and thus I have a point comparison. And all I can say is that the author seemed to be trying so hard to be scandalous! He tried to ferret out unchristian (or New Age) meanings to all Christian beliefs and symbols! It was so easy to identify the Teacher, to boot! Thus, it was easy to lose interest in following a mystery in which you already know the enemy! (takes away the suspense!)
To veer off my unofficial review, in retrospect, I wonder… can the man sleep at night? How can someone write something so profane and so ungodly and yet not be fearful? Does he really believe in everything he has written? Is this just a ploy to sell his story? Are his mind and heart totally blind by these blatant untruths that he could not even feel a glimmer of compunction for his writing? Believing in lies is one thing, but making others partake of your deceit is another.
I hope he will one day unweave his web of deception. Pity the man who is blinded beyond our imagination.
I am no expert in doing book reviews nor do I dare make one officially. But I’ve read lots of fiction books and thus I have a point comparison. And all I can say is that the author seemed to be trying so hard to be scandalous! He tried to ferret out unchristian (or New Age) meanings to all Christian beliefs and symbols! It was so easy to identify the Teacher, to boot! Thus, it was easy to lose interest in following a mystery in which you already know the enemy! (takes away the suspense!)
To veer off my unofficial review, in retrospect, I wonder… can the man sleep at night? How can someone write something so profane and so ungodly and yet not be fearful? Does he really believe in everything he has written? Is this just a ploy to sell his story? Are his mind and heart totally blind by these blatant untruths that he could not even feel a glimmer of compunction for his writing? Believing in lies is one thing, but making others partake of your deceit is another.
I hope he will one day unweave his web of deception. Pity the man who is blinded beyond our imagination.
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I read his other book: Angels and Demons. A much better creation. Better thought of. Better planned. Better written. It was not even sacrilegious (unless I missed something, it's not blatanly profane anyway). I was rushing through the words because I wanted to really know the ending and discover the archenemy. Rather read this one.
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