Ok, it isnt a bad book infact it does make an interesting read(kept me glued through). but what i write here is for those people who have the audacity to compare it to classics!!Either they dont know what a classic is or they just lack the IQ to understand any!
I agree my words are too harsh and i know i am inviting a lot of criticism, but then the hysteria about the book...and my equally dismal experience forces me to give my point of view.Friends i discussed this with argued, its a splendid book.look at all the hidden truths it reveals. Gimme a break.If you want to know truth or facts, or want a perspective on a religion, you dont need to read fiction for that.get your facts right!Get a non-fiction' for that, do some research and you'll find out much more than what the book provides or if you are those types who like everything served on a silver platter, see discovery or history channel for detailed programs dedicated to such causes( they'll even show you some da vincis!!)
First things first, the climax is too melodramatic(read filmi) and superfluous.the build up in the story excites you, exposes the evils and the wrong doings of the medivial age ,gives a new perspective on christanity....and the list goes on.One starts expecting too much.I myself am guilty of letting loose my imagination- a startling revelation or a daring or an astonishing ending which would rock the world were some of my wild ideas. But even the author couldnt handle all the facts he imbibes in his book, end result you realize it was all a damn squib.In the beginning the whole world seems to be involved,conspiring as part of the plot you feel you are part of a revolution but then the blame falls on one evil soul who somehow manages to find out everthing of the great secret which was so well preserved for centuries!there are just too many loopholes in the plot.
so what's left of the storyline.....umm....i am sure more than half of the readers guessed the "master" no sooner than he was introduced,there wernt many options available.add to this the silly parallel story of the reason behind the estrangement of the granddaughter.There's a wild concoction of juvenile plots combined to give you a very often-repeated and common storyline.the end makes you wish you hadnt waited like crazy and thought of all the various options or tried to decipher the myteries he had promised to reveal.yes no doubt the hints initially and the way they got to the answers was very interesting but that was about it and that is not enough for me to call a book a legend.
may be i am being too hard it wasnt that bad, but remove the interesting "juicy" details of the pions and the story of the grail, it can be easily be typecasted as a sidney look alike.and for me if books are food for the mind, then sidneys are junk food!but then we all like a difference of flavor sometime.personally i have an abhorrence for sidneys(having read all(eesshhh!!)) .makes my blood boil when people call such trash gold!
Read 'The old man and the sea' by Ernest Hemmingway recently,thats what i call truly breath taking. a line form it read "man can be destroyed but not defeated", which still haunts me.the guts and the never say die spirit of the old fisherman enthused in me a new level of excitement and hope, which has stayed with me, unlike my enthusiasm with the DV code which fizzled out with the last few pages.may be some wont agree with me about a book having an impact and an impression for keeps, they believe in read and forget. sorry that's not for me.I dont appreciate that genre of books anymore.
i am not choosy when it comes to reading a book.i can read any and everything.i have read a whole wide range of books of such masala mix books and may be that's made me realize the worth of a classic.'The Da Vinci code' is a nice book,hats off to the author for all the work hes put in and it is a great effort, but please the next time you say its as good as a classic remember me and my pleas.
4 comments:
i read that book and i dint get the whole hype arnd it either.
good to see u blogging.. how is the pt going on?
finally sum1 who shares my sentiments!!!!!
somehow, this post has made me realise... i must read this book...at least to know... how expectations r broken.
Why many fear the book and movie Da Vinci Code?
Answer is very clear.
Fear of reemergence of Gnosticism.
Organization called “Opu Dei” [work of God], the most controversial force in the Catholic Church, took birth in Catholic religion to eradicate concepts and ideas associated with “Gnosticism.”
Why they fear Gnosticism?
Since it has to do a lot more with Hindu Upanishds teachings than with New Testament teachings.
There are two set of Gospels in the world.
First set of gospels which one can read in the Holy Bible are called Synoptic Gospels which consists of Gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke, etc. Synoptic Gospels are known as New Testament.
The term synoptic is derived from a combination of the Greek words syn meaning “together” and opsis meaning “seeing”, to indicate this relationship.
Another set of Gospels are known as Gnostic gospels. Those Gospels are written by Thomas [doubting Thomas], Mary Magdalene, Stephen, Philip and Judas .
Roman Catholic Church destroyed these gospels since it has to do more with eastern philosophy than accepted beliefs of the early Christian church.
Early Christian church had a lot of probelms. After the demise of Jesus Christ, early Christians were fighting with Jewish beliefs as well as Roman paganism.
But when Roman emperor Constantine became a Christian, he literally manufactured Christianity fusing Jewish beliefs, early Christian beliefs and Roman paganism.
For example, there is no word TRINITY in the 66 books of the Holy Bible and TRINITY DOCTRINE is a concept developed during the first Councial at Nicaea, under Roman emperor Constantine.
Organizations such as “ Knights Templar” as well as “ Freemasonry” were hated due to their Gnostic like ideas and their beliefs do not tie them to any particular religious conception of God.
But Gnosticism came back to life when fifty-two ancient texts were found buried in an earthenware jar near the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945.
“Gnosis” is a Greek word meaning “knowledge” like Vedas means “knowledge”. The Gnostics claim to have inner knowledge of God like Hindu Rishis.
Like what is taught in Upanishads, Gnostics believed God is not a separate entity to be prayed to, but God is within every one of us as well as around us.
Like Hindus, Gnostics also believed God is sexless but can be described with male as well as female attributes.
Gospel of Mary Magdalene reads: “Take care that no one deceives you by saying “Look over here”, “Look over here”…. For the true child of humanity is within you. Follow it. For those who seek it will find it.”
In Gospel of Thomas Jesus said, “Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him.”
Amazing it may sound, an important statement of John 1:1 in the Bible “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the word was God is a repetition of Vedic statement
“Prajapathi Vai Agre Aseet” In the beginning was Prajapati, The Brahman, The God “Tasya Vag dvitiya Aseet” with whom was the word: “Vag Vai Parama Brahman” and the word was verily the Supreme Brahman –
Thanks for reading.
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