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The Da Vinci Code Part 1

I am slightly disappointed at the moment about The Da Vinci Code (after the first 200 pages) because it doesn't live up to the expectation of 'blockbuster perfection' that it is meant to be. Even though there are many positives about what I have read so far, this book doesn't live up to the hype, gleaming book reviews and most importantly my expectations.

One plus side to the book is the puzzles weaved into the story which help shape the events of the book (I love a good puzzle). This is the first time I have experienced tension built up (unexpectedly) not only by tension devices but something staring you in the face, a riddle; each and every one so brilliantly complex that no one has a hope of solving it without some serious thinking and so perfectly simple because the reader will be kicking themselves when they find out what the answer is. The riddles are a stroke of genius becuase each riddle solved is a piece of a jigsaw puzzle and the tension comes from waiting for the rest of the pieces (riddles) to fall into place creating an awful lot of suspense.

Alas, that it is the best I can say about the book thus far. The book does not allow you to build a relationship with the characters; you are thrust into a world of murder and mystery (that in itself is not a bad thing) before you even have a chance to get to know understand the two main characters, let alone the rest. Therefore, later on in the book, when the two main characters (Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu) get into all sorts of danger, you don't sympathise with them as much as you should do becuase ou have had much less time to a forge a relationship with them than you could hope for. End of Part 1.