Try breaking this one.... Review on The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

''Good beginning is half done'', thats what I would say, for this slick, sharp, super fast paced story. But it's only the slick beginning, the wholseome enterning middle part but as the end draws near, so does you patience. Like they say, ''Too much of everything is bad'', this thing fits rightly for this book.

To start with let me tell you which people would love this book. The ones who love conspiracy theory would swear by this one. It's full of exciting theories about everything from the holy grail to the number phi. You can sit on the coffee table and impress your friends by saying that, ''Did you know if you find out the ratio of the numbers of female bees to the number of male bees in a honey comb they will always be in a constant number Phi, infact everything is based on this number of divine propotion''. Also people who love puzzles of all shapes and sizes would find heaven in this one. Also any of those who love to cross the bridge between science and spirituality would love this.

But then heres the catch. If you are looking for a spicy murder mystrey to read from you journey from Mumbai to Pune, must avoid this book. quite frakly this one has too much of depth in it, so much that there are times when you would beg to Dan Brown, ''Stop giving me infortainment, give me entertainment !''.

A worthy analogue is like watching the documentry of Troy on history channel and watching Brad Pitt as Achilles in the movie. Even though the former is more informative the later is what I would prefer on a lazy evening to kill time.

But who's to complain. In many ways this book will no doubt remain a classic. A prized possession on my bookself.