The DaVinci Code

Part Two. This is the second book in the Dan Brown trilogy, after Angels and Demons. Again, it doesn't really matter what order you read these books in; I'm just posting about them in the order they were written. But, truth be told, this was the first of the three that I read.

I say 'read' loosely, for Whitney and I listened to it on CD way back in May 2008 while we drove from Provo to Midland and back for our wedding reception. I remember that the corresponding movie came out while I was on my mission. People in Argentina were outraged by the movie because they (the majority of whom are Catholic) didn't like that the book portrayed Jesus Christ as having been married during His life. But remember, this book is fiction tied into some real pieces of history. As far as I'm concerned, looking at it as fiction shouldn't cause anyone with a true testimony to waiver. Anyway, listening to the book sure made the 17-hour one-way trip a lot shorter (by taking breaks to listen to other things from time to time, the book CDs timed out perfectly; the book ended when we were about 45 minutes away from Provo on the return trip).

Robert Langdon is back in action, this time in Paris. Well he starts in Paris, but the whole book takes him through various European countries (again leading to Whitney's excitement). This time he's following clues left by artists (can you guess who one of them is?) and other great thinkers to ascertain the whereabouts of the Holy Grail. It's not as Indiana Jones-y as it may sound on the surface, but it is again pretty intense. There are moments when you pride yourself if you can figure out clues before Langdon does.

This is also a really good book, and we've also seen the movie, which did a pretty good job of matching up to the book.