A couple weeks ago, I started reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. My roommate told me it was a really good book so I decided it was finally time that I got around to reading it. So far it’s a real page-turner, which is why I love mystery/thriller books. I’m almost halfway through the book, where Sophie Neveu has discovered a key her grandfather left her from his mysterious past. She and Robert Langdon are fleeing the Louvre in Paris and are headed toward the US Embassy. I’m interested to see how the rest of the book pans out.
This probably isn’t something I would use in my classroom, simply because there’s a lot of religion in it, and it may be too confusing for the students. As I researched it online, I found that many Christians are in upheaval about the portrayal of Catholicism in the book, saying it is an attack on the Roman Catholic Church. Apparently, the book has also been criticized for scientific and historical inaccuracy. It’s pretty long but I should be able to finish The Da Vinci Code in a few weeks, as long as I can continue to squeeze in some time to read it!
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