The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2006, Paperback)

While studying art history at the University of Seville in Spain, Dan Brown learned of the mysteries hidden in Da Vinci’s paintings. Years later while researching at the Vatican Secret Archives, Brown was once again captivated by the Da Vinci enigma. He arranged a trip to the Louvre Museum to view Da Vinci’s original paintings. With the help of an art historian to understand the paintings, he researched further and wrote the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ which became an other one of his best sellers but with more success this time.
Dan Brown is one of the most popular suspense writer of our age. His books are full of suspense and The Da Vinci Code is no exception. His books are one of the most popular ones and anyone who talks about Brown knows that he is talking about a suspense writer, a ‘Shakespeare’ of suspense novels.
His three other books were also best sellers and all of them put the characters‘ lives in danger and they have to fight for their lives. The Da Vinci Code is the sequel to Brown’s previous book ‘Angels and Demons’ which has a similar setting to The Da Vinci Code and with the same main character: Robert Langdon.
Robert is a Harvard University teacher and he teams up with Sophie Neveu, a born cryptologist, in a breathless race from Paris to London and beyond finding clues on the way to get the secret that Sophie’s father, a member of the Priory of Sion has tried to pass on to her, before dying from a gunshot, while keeping it from the wrong hands. The secret has been guarded for centuries by the Priory’s members which includes Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo and other famous geniuses. The suspicion of the murder of the curator (Sophie’s father) falls on Robert and so he has to escape the police and the Opus Dei ( a Vatican sanctioned Catholic sect) with Sophie and at the same time uncover the secret.
This book is simply put as a must-read and you should be borrowing or buying a copy right now! It has gut-wrenching suspense that has been never experienced before with astonishing revelations and twists in the plot. This book will appeal to almost all mature minded people (not children but teenagers and above). It is a novel which can be read time and again and people can actually sit down and interpret it from different people’s viewpoints.
As this book is full of suspense I feel that there should be a bit of ‘breathing room’ for readers as the story keeps revealing astonishing points of the plot which puts you right back into the book and you don’t feel like putting it down and even if you do manage to put the book down you can’t stop speculating ideas in your mind about the book. it’s a god thing that it is hard to explain the books plot and conclusion to someone so you don’t have to give away ‘spoilers‘. I haven't told you anything except what the book is about as I don't want to spoil your fun. Better buy it.