Da Vinci Code
after months of stalling, i finally finished reading da vinci code, magnificently written by dan brown. i wanted to find out why it became such a fad and why it garnered such superb reviews and commentaries and raves from a lot of people i know (Da Vinci Code is so overrated!). and perhaps, to join the bandwagon (oh yeah!). the whole story was movie-ish, nothing short of detail and imagery. the most action-packed story i've ever read next to nancy drew mysteries.and it will certainly make your heart beat faster (in a suspense-thriller kind of way) in all the right (and the not so right) places. but it wasn't what i expected, though. i find some scenes and dialogues too melodramatic, almost taken straight out of a daytime soap. nakakainis lang. just when you're revved for something exciting, the bida will say something like , i don't know, something too corny. masyadong madrama. think harry potter and albus dumbledore in HP1... "it's LOVE Harry.." blehp. whattaloadof C-R-A-P.i love they way fact and fiction were interwoven tightly to make the plot so intricate yet interesting at the same time. although, the line separating fact from fiction was very thin that, at times, it can be confusing . someone even actually thought the whole story was true. duh! maybe that's what makes DVC worthy of praise, the way it makes you almost forget that it's fiction.
overall, it's a nice read. very informative. it's ok. something i'd spend idle time on. but not for the weak-hearted... hehe. as you might know already, some data are quite shocking and for the devout it might be really offensive. but watdahel it's nice, really. read it even if you do just so you won't be left out when everybody talks about da vinci code. just like i did.
