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Шифърът на Леонардо

Dan Brown

3.69 AVERAGE

juekker's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

drekklin's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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

I liked the movie first and I enjoyed reading the book. It’s precisely what I expected it be. Wish it was not transphobic in parts. Also at times it’s pretty silly, but for the most part I could let the logic of the story carry me away.

_ld_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

alpalmydude's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ibeth29's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

oliviakae_'s review against another edition

5.0

I'd give this book a 4.75/5

This book was absolutely incredible - it was even better than I expected it to be, which is saying something when this is one of the best-selling books of all time. The plot was action-packed and engaging but wasn't overwhelming in the amount of action/information thrown at you. The short chapters all seemed to end in some kind cliffhanger so I was 100% locked in and never felt bored or like the plot was slowing down too much. The historical references and explanations of symbology in art/religious texts/etc. was absolutely fascinating and opened up a whole new perspective on religion as an institution.

MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD:

Taking off .25 stars only for the wholly unnecessary romance subplot. It almost felt like Dan Brown was trying to turn Sophie into a glorified Bond girl who automatically ends up with the MMC just from proximity throughout the book (which, from reading descriptions of the other Robert Langdon mysteries, appears to be a theme). In reality, Sophie was the instigator of pretty much the entire story and was instrumental in solving the mystery because of her personal background and career knowledge. Because the romance subplot as a whole took up maybe a single page out of 600, I'm not docking a full star, but it felt so incredibly out of place in the story.