The Da Vinci Code
Nov. 1st, 2005 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desoto_hia873So it turns out that Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, likes codes. Go figure. That hidden sentence I discovered on the dust jacket of the book a few days ago? Is just one of three puzzles that are encrypted into the cover. Further details can be found at the author's website: www.danbrown.com. You'll have a much easier job solving them than I did if you're American. I still don't quite know what the mystery sentence means, but apparently it's supposed to be a hint as to what the subject of his next book might be about.
As for The Da Vinci Code itself, I'm nearly finished it. It's no masterpiece, but it's a fun read. The chapters are all very short and most end in a bit of a cliffhanger, so it keeps you turning the pages. Also, there are a string of puzzles to be solved - similar, in a way, to the movie National Treasure. You just have to substitute in Holy Grail and Mary Magdalene for anything to do with secret unimaginably huge treasure. Some of the cryptograms and puzzles went right over my head, but a couple of them - including the final one ('it speaks of Rosy flesh and seeded womb') that the characters are still wrestling with - are pretty easy.
The premise of the book has got me curious to know which parts are based in fact and which are fiction. I may have to do some Actual Historical Reading to learn more about Da Vinci, the Priory of Scion, and Mary Magdalene sometime soon.
As for The Da Vinci Code itself, I'm nearly finished it. It's no masterpiece, but it's a fun read. The chapters are all very short and most end in a bit of a cliffhanger, so it keeps you turning the pages. Also, there are a string of puzzles to be solved - similar, in a way, to the movie National Treasure. You just have to substitute in Holy Grail and Mary Magdalene for anything to do with secret unimaginably huge treasure. Some of the cryptograms and puzzles went right over my head, but a couple of them - including the final one ('it speaks of Rosy flesh and seeded womb') that the characters are still wrestling with - are pretty easy.
The premise of the book has got me curious to know which parts are based in fact and which are fiction. I may have to do some Actual Historical Reading to learn more about Da Vinci, the Priory of Scion, and Mary Magdalene sometime soon.
