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sindri_inn_arsaeli's review against another edition
I knew this wasn't going to match my usual fare, but I wanted to give it a shot as a main source for the fictional Da Vinci Code. But regardless of whether you give credence to the conspiracy of it or not, the writing got denser, less organized, and more badly edited the further in I got. I didn't think there was a translation barrier to overcome, but the sentence structure made me think so at times, and the leaps and bounds through history don't even try to link together for the entire first half of the book. Not worth my time.
sophasphinx's review against another edition
3.0
The mystery presented in the first half of the book is fun and enticing. The second half is frustrating madness. An insulting joke of research and scholarship. But it was still pretty entertaining as far as conspiracy theories go.
danieltiger's review against another edition
3.0
Well, that was entertaining nonsense at least. Completely discredited as being based on a hoax, but still mostly quite enjoyable. It’s fascinating to experience conspiracy minds at work.
zigzag_mcdingdorph's review against another edition
2.0
Hilarious - but please note that it is mostly speculation and treat it like a novel.
THIS IS NOT SCIENCE!
THIS IS NOT SCIENCE!
lakecake's review against another edition
3.0
I read this right after the Da Vinci code came out, because I was completely obsessed with the idea of Christ being a "real man." The book is interesting, and the premise is still intriguing, but the problem is that so much of it is speculation that it really just leaves you with more questions.
pretty_little_bibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
Originally published on 1 December 1982, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is a really interesting book. I first learnt of it when I read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and then subsequently watched the book. I loved them both so much that I so wanted to get my hands of this book. Really grateful to Sankalpa for lending me this book!
If you are a lover of conspiracy theories then this is for you definitely! Having read The Da Vinci Code which was explosive on its own, I was surprised that I never knew about it and about this book too. However, it is not to be taken as the ultimate truth. The authors do claim that this is a hypothesis they have put forward. However, reading such 'scandalous' matter may make the reader forget about the disclaimer put at the beginning. Nonetheless, it is an interesting read, so to say.
If you are a lover of conspiracy theories then this is for you definitely! Having read The Da Vinci Code which was explosive on its own, I was surprised that I never knew about it and about this book too. However, it is not to be taken as the ultimate truth. The authors do claim that this is a hypothesis they have put forward. However, reading such 'scandalous' matter may make the reader forget about the disclaimer put at the beginning. Nonetheless, it is an interesting read, so to say.
mtmdays's review against another edition
3.0
I'm all for alternative histories, conspiracy theories, and heresy, but would have liked to see more on the idea that Jesus was also an alien-human hybrid, and thus, the magical properties of his foreskin.
janedoelish's review against another edition
2.0
A spurious, if entertaining conspiracy theory that quickly falls apart even as you look at it.
mkesten's review against another edition
2.0
This is by far the best hoax I've ever read. Read this before you go on a road trip through rural France. It'll really give you the heebee-geebees.