Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

17 reviews

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Ableism, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, and Sexual content

gail_dancer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow - an exciting intelligent book that was hard to put down. Dan Brown fuses non-fiction with fiction flawlessly in this murder mystery about the Holy Grail. This illustrated Collectors hardcover edition was beautiful and fascinating. This is definitely a book I will keep. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Self harm, and Gun violence

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

lindsayslibrary22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

The mystery is gripping, and the historical elements are interesting. Brown’s use of suspense keeps the reader going throughout the novel, and it is easy to follow the threads of the plot. Some of the action sequences are a bit unbelievable, but match the logic of your average action film. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Self harm, Gore, and Religious bigotry

eliever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i mean.......... it was ok? i was more focused on silas and dan brown's mystery shit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, and Suicide

shoutout to religious men i guess

av0ncor3's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Self harm, and Blood

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

cassandra72's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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? N/A

2.5

Had a very lukewarm response to this and im honestly glad. The concept and the plot has been discussed over a million times so I'm not going to say anything about that.. I found some of the ideas appealing, like the conspiracy theory and symbolism, but the execution was not so great most of the time. Also this is a personal opinion, pet peeve if you may, but I hate reading about religion and if I could describe this book with a sentence it would be everything wrong with religion. So there is that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death and Torture

sheadunlop's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, and Violence

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

I blitzed through this book. Definitely my favourite in the series so far.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the code-breaking elements to it, very interesting and clever.

I’m not sure whether any of it is historically accurate but I don’t really care about that - it’s a well written book that kept me gripped all the way though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Ableism, Blood, Death, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Car accident