Unsurprise

Yesterday I finished reading The Da VInci Code. It was a Rollicking Good Read. It was not moving, revealing, startling, or any of the other grand claims that had been made for it. It was in fact nothing beyond a Rollicking Good Read. (Which is a fine thing to be.) The 'facts' about the Catholic church were often distorted, and the art historical information was laughable. I particularly enjoyed how every crackpot theory ever ventured about Leonardo was presented as though it has been largely endorsed by the academic community. However, these things can be ignored for the sake of a good story. The only disappointing thing was (and perhaps this is because I had just finished reading 15 or so Agatha Christie mysteries), the ending was so obvious. Who else could the Bad Guy have been!