Book Review: The DaVinci Code

The DaVinci Code is a gut wrenching novel about a young historian, Robert Langdon, being thrust into a desperate search for the Holy Grail.  Sopie Neveu, a French cryptographer, also joins him in the quest.  Her grandfather is murdered in the art mueseum that he works at.  He is the leader of a secret society called Priory of Sion.  Their goal is to keep the Holy Grail's location secret.  When Sopie's grandfather dies, he passes the secret on to Sophie using many different codes and puzzles.  Running from the police, Robert goes to his Grail-expert friend, Sir Leigh Teabing. who helps them to further their search for the Grail.  Sophie and Langdon are not the only ones who want the grail all to themselves.  Having ownership over the grail would mean endless power over the church.  Sophie and Langdon rigorously search for the Grail, while running from the police, and others who want the Grail to themselves.

I would give The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown, a five out of five star rating.  This is one of the most exciting and intense books I have ever read.  The action is constant, allowing the plot to always be moving.  Everything in the books is real, but the story is made up.  There really exists a Holy Grail that is said to contain secrets that the church tries to hide.  There really exists a religious sect called Opus Dei that uses forms of Corpral Modtification to inflict pain on themselves.  The book brings up various real-world problems. 

I recomend this book to anyone who likes to read.  The book involves a ton of actoin, but it is also about a relationship between two people who search for the grail.  The DaVinci Code also contains a lot of true history.  You probably have to be a little older to read this book because parts of it can be confusing.  There is a lot of information in the book that a little kid might not be able to comprehend.  I think that everyone should read this book because it is an all around great book.

Minor Character - The DaVinci Code

One minor character in the book The Davinci Code, by Dan Brown, is Remy Legaludec.  He is the manservant of Sir Leigh Teabing, a renound British historian.  The character's role in the plot is to do whatever Sir Teabing asks him to do.  He helps move the plot along by carrying out various orders that Sir Teabing commands him to do. 



This is a picture of what Remy looked like in the book's movie

If the author made Remy have a more important role in the story, I think that the plot would be a lot different.  The author could make Remy more important by giving him more speaking lines that counteract what Sir Teabing tells him to do.  I think that Remy disagrees with a lot of things that Sir Leabing tells him to do.  This can be seen when Sir Leabing ties up the monk Silas and holds him hostage on his private jet while they escape the French police and fly to England.  Remy does obviously not agree with this decision because as soon as Sir Teabing leaves them alone, Remy cuts the duct tape that binds Silas together and Remy gives Silas his pistol.  This could strengthen the originality of the plot because I have never read a book before where a once small character makes one decision to influence the entire plot of the story.