Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

17 reviews

juleseliasw's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Very fun and interesting as a lover of symbols and history! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Sexual content

vikaa_xy's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.25

I don't like history stuff and in this book there was A LOT OF HISTORY 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

amytk's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Gore, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

haleylooloo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I've seen the movie multiple times, which definitely colored my reading of the book, but a friend lent it to me so I decided, why not? Overall a fun story. Some parts didn't age well, mainly just the sexualizing of the one female character who was given a speaking role and wasn't a nun. Like I don't need a description of how physically attractive she is when first meeting her, and it definitely didn't need to be repeated once already said. Other than that, fun, pretty easy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, and Self harm

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Blood, and Gun violence

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Writing: 4⭐️/5 

The writing falters at some points, but shines at others. I particularly loved how Brown writes about history and art in a way that blends fiction and fact seamlessly. I also enjoyed the flow of action, which was mostly easy to follow. What I liked less was the reliance on some sexist tropes of female characters. And, while the writing was functional, it definitely fell into some tropes for the favour of time and ease of reading. Not necessarily a bad thing, but definitely not the strongest writing characteristic.

Characters: 3.5⭐️/5

Alright, so I get it. Robert Langdon is very, very badass. But he doesn’t know it. It was both fun and not fun at times to follow him, but I did overall enjoy him and most of our main characters. I felt less love towards the suddenness at which Robert and Sophie found themselves romantically involved. I also didn’t buy into Sophie’s reason for essentially estranging herself from her grandfather. It felt like something that would’ve been silly to keep going for that long. 

Plot: 4.25⭐️/5 

Okay, so the plot is incredibly... fun? That seems like the wrong word, but here we are. I enjoyed reading the plot, despite its many ups and downs and some completely unbelievable sections. But I was okay with employing some suspension of disbelief (like the many many hours of zero sleep) to enjoy the engaging, ever-changing, ever-moving plot.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Fans of mystery novels
• Fans of thrillers
• Fans of art history who like mysteries/thrillers

Content Warnings? 

• Murder, death, self-harm, gun violence, ableism, blood, death of parent, car accident, violence, stalking, gaslighting, emotional abuse, religious bigotry, torture, kidnapping, confinement

Post-Reading Rating:  4.75⭐️/5

Well, that was fun.

Final Rating: 3.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Ableism, Blood, Car accident, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Murder, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Self harm

ritugp01's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Very famous and well known book! Glad to have read it and found they clues fun to solve, I especially loved all the art and symbolism that's inherent to the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

okay…this was fine ! 

it was actually very interesting and informative, but i feel like every single chapter there was an inessential lecture about a random topic that didn’t even contribute to the story. i was very pulled in the whole time, but by the end i felt like it was just a whole lot of words with a half-assed ending. overall it was like a decent read and i’m suddenly very interested in symbolism regarding religion, but i know some of this information isn’t even accurate so i’m slightly confused. 

i’d probably reread. this was pretty interesting ✅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Medical content, and Death of parent

nota_candycaine's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, and Gaslighting

liri_reads's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Death of parent, Car accident, and Sexual content