I love me a good conspiracy theory, I always have. Nibiru? Sure. Illuminati? Alright. Dinosaurs living in the jungles of Africa? Bring it. I love these sorts of flights of fancy and the more probable the better. Even as a hard core skeptic I love it all.

And that's the problem with "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", it doesn't have any moment of "wait! Actually that might be possible!" It is all a sort of just so story, a boring slog through the flimsiest of "proofs" and "what ifs" . It's was laughable how seriously the authors seemed to take their dead in the water premise.

With all that said, it made for an entertaining read when you are stuck in bed with a cold and there are no other books within reach.