Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

17 reviews

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

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

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

michela_ognibeni's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Blood

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

3lsiis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense 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

Amazing book with a really good plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence

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

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

mikitiale's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

It was meh. I know a lot of people are worked up about this book but it was honestly fine. The prose wasn't great but the premise was cool. The book's goal is to make you question your beliefs, not because they're necessarily wrong but because "we worship the gods of our fathers." How do we know what we know is true? Our ideas of religion, history, and science might be different from what is objectively true...or maybe they aren't but if we never question what we are told be others, we will never learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, and Gore

Minor: Child death and Death of parent