Before I start loading words of praise on the wagons of Dan Brown, I have to iterate that I am following none of the religions depicted in his books, neither am I condemning it. It just has this thing which keeps you intrigued, hungry for the next chapter. I admit, I will probably pay the author royalties by watching the movie. Nothing against religion, it’s all in the name of curiosity.
I remember lamenting just a few months ago that people around me seemed more absorbed with the book than their school work. Thy saw the reason why. Dan Brown’s capability to capture the readers’ weak point- curiosity- has garnered him heaps of fans (haters, as well, but that’s insignificant) and thumbs-up from the many media sources which reviewed his books.
The Da Vinci Code will probably be the next controversial thing apart from Michael Jackson in the years to come. I mean, who’s capable of coming with so many deviations from the religion we’ve all known for so long? I’m standing on neither grounds, but I can safely comment that this book is a good book to bring into literature classes, it’s just a matter of approval from the conservative society.
Just today morning, I woke up at 6am just to mull over the last 20 chapters of the book. Just yesterday, thousands of people in several countries marched the streets to condemn the print-to-screen movie, which debuted in cinemas here the very same day. Do I intend to catch it? Probable. The reaction of the people were not without ample wrath. I prefer to look at it from a linguistic point of view. Like Langdon, I prefer not to side, if I’m not forced to at gun point.
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