It’s like if an academic wanker wrote The Da Vinci Code and it was interesting. 

I can't for the life of me give this book 5 stars because this has been the hardest book l've ever read in my entire life. 

Not because the text is difficult, but because it was written in 4000 different languages with approximately 2000 different references to other cultist literature, each and every page. I'm not gonna lie to you at some point. I was legitimately angry at the jargon that was just thrown around so carelessly. 

I have never read any of the serious books that the author have written before, but I know that I don't want to now. 

I mean, honestly, how much crap can you shove in one page and how many pretentious adjectives can you use to describe a sunset? 

That being said, this is probably one of the most interesting plots that I have read in my entire life and I would be a complete liar if I told you that I did not think that this book is a parody of a book at some point while reading it. The incredible research that is presented through it as well as the insane amount of connections that are completely arbitrary, but still very convincing is insane! Reading a book about the history of the Templars while also discussing numerology James Bond villains and the construction of sewers in the same chapter is incredible satire. 

I definitely understand why people would call this book a classic because it definitely is something classical because l've never read anything like this before however, it's OK to just read the spoilers and relieve yourself of having to read 640 pages of complete insanity