Aug 18 2006
Book Review: Da Vinci Code
If there’s one thing I love about a movie, a book or a website it’s something which keeps my attention, and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown certainly does that. Never have I read a book before that literally grabs my attention to the point where I don’t want to move; forgetting about eating, drinking or even peeing — I wanted to find out what happened next!
Although some of the so-called facts have been discussed and disputed on many a website, never has a book sparked so much religious interest in me. I love the way that these “facts” were twisted into what is ultimately a fiction (and don’t forget this when you buy it) to add spice to the story.
The brain-bending mind-twisting puzzles made me feel like I could somehow be a part of the book (particularly when I solved them before the characters) and the snappy, action-packed plot kept me hanging right until the end.
Unfortunately it was at the end that I was disappointed; the plot felt rushed and the bad guy was, although certainly unexpected to a degree, not the kind of enemy I thought the book deserved. I certainly hope that if the movie ever comes out, they portray him with a bit more menace than the book gives off.
Warning
This post is over 6 months old. This means that, despite my best intentions, it may no longer be accurate. Age, motherhood, experience, loss... these things have all changed me from when this blog was started back in the heady (ha) days of my youth.
As much as I would like to go back and edit 10 years of archives to provide an insight into the 'me' of now — to update coding snippets and revise website advice — it would probably take years to do so (by which point I'd have to start again!) This would defeat the point of keeping these archives anyway.
Please take these posts for what they are: a brief look into my past, my history, my journey.
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Not sure if it’s just me, but this entry just popped into my Google Reader account, along with 4 others: http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/blog/ive-converted-to-habari
http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/blog/sql-injection-flaw-in-fanupdate
http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/blog/book-review-defensive-design-for-the-webI read the SQL injection one when you first posted it the other day through Google Reader, but I have no idea why you’re 3 year old book reviews popped up.
