A review by ellietonkin
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

3.0

3.5⭐️ I was prepared to give this a higher rating due to it being a cultural phenomenon. I’ve wanted to read this book for a long, long time and I think, because I left it so long, I expected something groundbreaking. This book was fine. It was a fun read, it had some interesting concepts and I enjoyed the characters. The story started off very strong, action-packed and I had high hopes. The middle meandered and the passage of time was highly unrealistic. The ending was a disappointment. Unfortunately, I think this will be my first and last Dan Brown book but I don’t regret finishing it at all. This genre (conspiracy-religious-history-murder-mystery?) is one of my guilty pleasures and I’m glad that I finally read the most infamous one of it’s kind! I’ll be picking up Scott Mariani’s newest book in the Ben Hope series next.