Dan Brown can write, i.e. he can create visual characters and places and has talent in that respect, but the plot on this and the actions taken by the characters is downright silly and dumb. It's interesting up to the mid point of the book then gets downright silly and dumb. The last 100 pages you just read to finish the book. You don't care about the people in the book anymore. He can do much much better. His editor should have sent him back to rework it!!!

The book was excellent, I could not put the book down until it was finished!

I really wanted to give this book a chance. But, over and over, I would just get into it and then Brown would make a stupid mistake. Causing me to become frustrated and a bit offended by his lack of respect for his readers intelligence. I am not Catholic but I do know a great deal about the inner workings of the Catholic Church. After reading this I can now see why the church is so angry with him. He simply has things wrong. Most of the "facts" he states about papal succession are wrong. As well as several of the things the former pope was supposed to have said and done no pope would ever say or do. If he had he would never have been elected pope. I am also not foreign to scientific understanding and, there as well, are some very basic mistakes. The reviewer before me has pointed out language mistranslations so I feel that I can safely say that Dan Brown should heed the advice of Mark Twain, "It is wiser to find out than to suppose."

The book is excellent in itself but the ease of ordering and swiftness of the delivery makes Amazon a winner in my opinion

This book was the perfect gift for someone who loved the book "The DaVinci Code". I believe this book actually sets you up for what you read in "The DaVinci Code". I recommend it!