The Da Vinci Code by: Dan Brown

Robert Langon, a college professor and cryptologist, is in Paris for a speech, that night he gets a call informing him that the Curator at the Louvre has been murdered. The crime scene is surreal, the Curator has left a mystery for Langdon and the Curator's granddaughter, Sophie Neveu, to solve. Robert later that night discovers that he himself is a suspect for the murder and that's where the action begins.
The Da Vinci Code was a brilliant book. This was one of those types of books that once you start, you can't put it down. The author, Dan Brown, put the perfect amount of puzzles, art, history, and twists to make this novel perfect.
The characters in this book were one of the reasons it was so good. Robert Langdon was a very smart character that was able to figure out secret codes in the art that the average person could only dream to be able to unriddle. He was probably my favorite character in this story because of his brilliance. Another character that was intriguing was Sophie Neveu or Princess Sophie :). She too was able to unsolve huge mysteries. I also enjoyed Sophie's character for she had such a huge past which all ended up tying into her grandfather's death. One character I wasn't very fond of was Silas. It wasn't because he was in a sense a 'bad guy', but he just seemed like the kind of person that would creep me out in real life, though he did add a good effect to the story.
This book is probably my favorite book ever now. It was filled with such mystery and suspense that I couldn't stop reading. The story line was very clever and I thought it was amazing how Dan Brown could find a way to add such clever riddles in the story and still apply history to make them realistic.
I would most definately recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It is a page turner and though it can be almost too suspenseful at times, it is probably the most exciting novel that I've read. Dan Brown proves himself to be an excellent author in this book and honestly I don't think you can go wrong with it.


Written and published by: Megan Ann (Maggie)