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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
There is a chance somewhere between 0% and 100% of this being true but no matter what, it's infinitely more plausible than the standard story. That said, it's almost certainly bullshit and I'm having mental images of Umberto Eco laughing to himself as he writes the authors into Foucault's Pendulum. Either way, it was entertaining as hell and it's amusing to imagine how butthurt Christians were when it was first published.
Four stars and I'll refrain from putting it on my books-for-idiots shelf because of how much I enjoyed it.
Four stars and I'll refrain from putting it on my books-for-idiots shelf because of how much I enjoyed it.
This book can be divided into three areas. First there’s a bright, contrarian priest who can get away with being contrarian, and spend a lot of money. This means he’s hiding something apparently. Secondly, there are religious groups, in France who believe they have something to hide, and are planning for a different future. Third, the Catholic Church will do whatever it takes to protect theirs.
The authors make some valid points about some things. The lack of a complete paper trail makes to be 100% confident about what was going on, for example. The problem is that I’m a believer on Occam’s Razor, and claiming that the Catholic Church has kept something this significant secret might should a little hard to believe for some.
The authors make some valid points about some things. The lack of a complete paper trail makes to be 100% confident about what was going on, for example. The problem is that I’m a believer on Occam’s Razor, and claiming that the Catholic Church has kept something this significant secret might should a little hard to believe for some.
I knew this wasn't going to match my usual fare, but I wanted to give it a shot as a main source for the fictional Da Vinci Code. But regardless of whether you give credence to the conspiracy of it or not, the writing got denser, less organized, and more badly edited the further in I got. I didn't think there was a translation barrier to overcome, but the sentence structure made me think so at times, and the leaps and bounds through history don't even try to link together for the entire first half of the book. Not worth my time.
The mystery presented in the first half of the book is fun and enticing. The second half is frustrating madness. An insulting joke of research and scholarship. But it was still pretty entertaining as far as conspiracy theories go.
Well, that was entertaining nonsense at least. Completely discredited as being based on a hoax, but still mostly quite enjoyable. It’s fascinating to experience conspiracy minds at work.
Hilarious - but please note that it is mostly speculation and treat it like a novel.
THIS IS NOT SCIENCE!
THIS IS NOT SCIENCE!
I read this right after the Da Vinci code came out, because I was completely obsessed with the idea of Christ being a "real man." The book is interesting, and the premise is still intriguing, but the problem is that so much of it is speculation that it really just leaves you with more questions.
Originally published on 1 December 1982, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is a really interesting book. I first learnt of it when I read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and then subsequently watched the book. I loved them both so much that I so wanted to get my hands of this book. Really grateful to Sankalpa for lending me this book!
If you are a lover of conspiracy theories then this is for you definitely! Having read The Da Vinci Code which was explosive on its own, I was surprised that I never knew about it and about this book too. However, it is not to be taken as the ultimate truth. The authors do claim that this is a hypothesis they have put forward. However, reading such 'scandalous' matter may make the reader forget about the disclaimer put at the beginning. Nonetheless, it is an interesting read, so to say.
If you are a lover of conspiracy theories then this is for you definitely! Having read The Da Vinci Code which was explosive on its own, I was surprised that I never knew about it and about this book too. However, it is not to be taken as the ultimate truth. The authors do claim that this is a hypothesis they have put forward. However, reading such 'scandalous' matter may make the reader forget about the disclaimer put at the beginning. Nonetheless, it is an interesting read, so to say.