Dan Brown and Daniel Roche - The Da Vinci Code

Pros: Loads of suspense, plot twists, realistic characters, twists and turns.

Cons: Be careful what you take as truth.

The Bottom Line: Just remember, it's just a novel.

Review: I’ll admit it. I may just be one of the last people on the planet to have read The Da Vinci Code. But with all of the hoopla (and controversy) surrounding the recent release of the film, I decided to finally read the novel before seeing the ...

Pros: Subject matter was very interesting

Cons: Some ideas could be upsetting to some readers.

The Bottom Line: The Da Vinci Code was very interesting and worth reading.

Review: I first heard about The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown last year. I read the book flap eventually and did think that the book sounded interesting. I did want to read it, but I didn’t get it right away for some reason. I did pick up the ...

Pros: Intelligent, fast-paced mystery

Cons: None that I can think of

The Bottom Line: Keeps you guessing and thinking to the last page!

Review: I am a slow reader, but compared to my husband, I'm a veritable Speedy Gonazalez. He starts a book ...

Pros: Thought provoking, well written, good characters

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I definitely recommend this book for anyone with an open mind. It is full of surprises and twists from start to finish.

Review: I’m never thrilled about writing the 50th or 60th review on anything. However, I just finished Dan Brown’s incredible “The Da Vinci Code” and I really want to add my two cents to all the other reviewers. Rather than the usual review, ...

Pros: Fascinating storyline and theories

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Pick this one up today. It is surprisingly addictive and presents fascinating theories.

Review: Although I purchased The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown almost two months ago, I just got around to read ...

Pros: A real page turner, keeps the brain engaged

Cons: Some people who have strict religious beliefs may find this offensive.

The Bottom Line: Best book I have read in a long time. I really enjoyed this book.

Review: I had heard quite a bit about this book, from media as well as first hand from people who had read it. It sounded intriguing and I was curious but I am kind of cheap when it comes to book buying. Luckily for me I found a copy of the Da Vinci code by ...

Pros: Tightly written prose, great historical data; great story-line.

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Anyone with an interest in religious history should enjoy this book, as well as those who enjoy a challenge for their brain.

Review: I am not a religious man; truth be told I am an agnostic, a man of logic, reason, and a tad too many questions about the whole God thing for most religious folk to answer. Organized religion is not for me, there has been and continues to be far to ...

Pros: A quite amazing thriller that is certain to provoke a strong reaction!

Cons: Its own worst enemy - too many people fail to remember it's fiction!

The Bottom Line: If for no other reason than to be able to reach your own informed opinion, be sure to read this phenomenal best-seller!

Review: To suggest that The Da Vinci Code is a modern day publishing phenomenon is the grand champion of understatements! There can hardly be a reader of any age, nationality, or reading persuasion who is not aware of a rough plot outline which is at once ...

Pros: History, mystery, tightly woven suspense, full of surprises!

Cons: Some have questioned the historical research, and the premise may be disturbing to Catholics.

The Bottom Line: Best novel of the decade, sure to entertain!

Review: In a three page Prologue, Dan Brown skillfully hooks the reader into a suspenseful story of murder, history, and Christian theology, in a novel that has become the publishing event of the decade. Seventy-six-year-old Jacques Sauniere, curator of ...

Pros: Suspenseful; complicated; mind-boggling

Cons: Characters could have been stronger

The Bottom Line: The most hard-to-put-down book I've read in a while

Review: Take a good, long look at Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper. Really. Go ahead. Notice anything peculiar? Look closer. There, now you see it. That ain't no man sitting next to Christ, is it? So who is that mysterious woman at the Lord's ...