The Da Vinci Code

Robert Langdon, a symbologist who teaches at Harvard, goes to France to give out a lecture. While in France, Langdon plans to meet with a famous curator named Jacques Sauniere. But in the middle of the night, Langdon is called to the Louvre museum, where he finds Sauniere murdered. The police captain, Bezu Fache, questions Langdon about his relations with Sauniere and if he knew what the messages that were written on and around Sauniere’s corpse meant. As Langdon continued to tell Fache what he knew, the cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, took a risk in order to warn Langdon about Fache’s suspicions. He believed Langdon was the murderer. But as they attempted to escape the museum, Langdon realized there was something bigger that was happening. Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu travel from place to place in search of the Holy Grail while on the run from not only the police, but also a religious society who will even kill so that the Grail would be destroyed.

This book has many components which all come together in the end, in a way that makes complete sense and doesn’t feel forced.

Also, this book was very different from the 8-12, YA fantasy genre I usually read and it was a bit weird at first. It was hard to get hooked until I got through the first chunk and then I was staying up late at night reading as I usually do. I liked how there was almost no romance in the book (until the end and a few hints) which was mainly why my mom had recommended me the book