OT - Finished "The DaVinci Code"

[Caduceus]

I just read The DaVinci Code, picked up in paperback for my wife to read while she recovered from delivering baby #2 (Emma Marie, 6#13oz, 3 May 2006). I enjoyed it, and would give it an 7/10.

It lays its foundations pretty well and it was a "popcorn" read, as I am also in the middle of Kagan's Peloponnesian War and Better for all the World by Bruinus (about eugenics in America at the start of the 20th century).

It definitely cleansed the palate, the characters jump in and out of one action sequence after another. There's a bit of a twist at the end.

Of more concern to Catholicism and Christianity in general is the content of Brown's discussion, for the majority of the book.

I won't go into specifics and spoil it for anyone who may want to read it or see the movie, but sufficed to say he redeems it near the end (twice) for stalwart believers stating essentially that faith is faith in the face of opposing evidence.

Anyway, an enjoyable romp with other true and untrue statements woven together to make a tapestry of a fun afternoon or two.

And, of course, written across the facade - FICTION.