Reddit reviews The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon)

In all honesty, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are pretty tough to get into, since they are practically the ur-examples of fantasy, written back when a lot of commercial fiction methodology was still being developed.

When i read a book, I worry first and foremost if I'm entertained, if I am, I'll give it my recommendation, regardless of the flaws. These are the ones I think you'd find best for jumping in with.

YA/Middle Grade Books

• The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner (post-apocalypse)
  
  
• Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan (modern kid finds he's the son of Poseidon)
  
  
• Leviathan/Behemoth/Goliath by Scott Westerfeld] (World war 1 with mechs and genetically engineered animals)
  
  
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini (a kid finds a dragon egg and fights the big bad guy. As a warning, it uses the exact same monomyth structure as Star Wars so the similarities are... apt.)
  
  
  Fantasy
  
  
• Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson (a gang of thieves try to rob the evil overlord)
  
  
• Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (a brutal war between about a half different factions over who gets the crown. Gets really complex fast so it might not be a great one to start with.)
  
  
• Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (I always say it's Oceans 11 written in the Game of Thrones world)
  Discworld by Terry Pratchet (I'd recommend not starting at the beginning.)
  
  
  Sci-Fi
  
  
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (it's Ender's Game. You must read this)
  
  
• Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Not sure how to pitch this. It's space marines fighting everyone)
  
  
• The Sector General Series by James White (It's like House, but in space with aliens. Not without flaws but very underrated in my view)
  
  
  Urban Fantasy
  
  
• The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (a hard boiled private eye who is also a wizard)
  
  
• Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia (Band of mercenaries hunt monsters. The author is very libertarian/right wing so if you can't stand that, you might not like the books. The kindle edition has to be bought from the baen.com bookstore)
  
  
• Grimnoire Chronicles by Larry Correia (1930's with magic, zeppelins, etc Same warning as above, but it's more subdued here.)
  
  
  Thrillers/Suspense
  
  
• Da Vinci Code/Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (even though I think Brown really needs to improve his writing style, he still can get the books going pretty intensely)
  
  
• Jurassic Park, Timeline, Congo, etc by Michael Crichton (a bit tougher reads since they're pretty scientific, but still good stuff)
  
  
• John Grisham's early work such as A Time to Kill, The Firm, Runaway Jury, etc. (legal thrillers but not hard to get into. I'm not a huge fan of his later stuff)

Check out some Dan Brown books.

My friend rarely read books, like maybe 10 or 15 in his whole life time but once he got turned onto The Da Vinci Code he would talk about it all the time. It's a pretty straight forward thriller with some easy to enjoy writting.

If you've already seen the movie then you might pick something like: Angels and Demons, The Lost symbol or The inferno

> If you read the Quran under the assumption that it actually comes from an all-powerful and all-knowing God, do you see a logical contradiction in its message, and if so, what is the contradiction?

If you read The Da Vinci Code, a 2003 mystery-detective novel written by Dan Brown, under the assumption that it actually comes from history, do you see a logical contradiction in its message, and if so, what is the contradiction?

If you read Charlotte's Web, a story about the revelations from a talking pig, Wilbur, and a spider, as revealed and documented by E. B. White (pbuh), under the assumption that it actually comes from the revealed word of the pig, do you see a logical contradiction in its message, and if so, what is the contradiction?

Hopefully, OP, Ismailman, the above examples show you the fallacy of your presupposition in attempting to support the claim of a non-contradiction containing Qur'an (where the Qur'an is also claimed to be the perfect and literal Word of Allah which came to humans
via the Mother Book, via the Angel Gabriel, via the memory and speech of the Prophet, via complication of the various scribes scraps and memories of followers of the Prophet, and via the compilation of these scraps and memories into a document many years after the Prophet was dead, that has, arguably, undergone editing/redaction/changes).

> Looking for a contradiction [in the Qur'an]

The Qur'an contains an error-checking mechanism [abrogation, Surah 2:106]. Why have an error checking mechanism if there is no possibilities of contradictions or of other errors? Additionally, abrogation has been invoked, against a number of verses that directly demonstrates continuity and contradiction corrections. A benefit of this actualized error correction is that it supports and allows for the dismissal of cognitive dissonance of the most blatant contradictions via apologetics like "blah blah verses only applied at this specific time in this specific case cause it says so in this non-revealed non-Allah sourced hadith that is considered/claimed to be 'strong'," even though many (most? all?) claim that the Qur'an is eternal/co-eternal, is un-created, and is Allah's Absolute Word.

Edit: Here is a list. I will not debate/discuss them as (1) it is not relevant that even if a document (Qur'an) does not contain contradictions, that this lack of contradictions supports any claim to the truth to the words/narrative presented, (2) I don't care if the Qur'an is contradiction free as the primary claim of the Qur'an as Allah's Word (as well as the essential monotheistic construct that Allah exists) is based, arguably, upon presuppositional and circular reasoning logical fallacies, (3) the morality presented in the Qur'an is such that it can so easily be used by such groups as the ISIS to justify their reprehensible actions, and (4) I will be wrong, regardless of what I present, as I am not reading and understanding the Qur'an/hadith's in their original language; I am taking writings out of context; I am a filthy atheist; I do not hold the presuppositionalist position that the Qur'an is the perfect, inerrant, eloquent and miraculous in nature, exact and precise word of Allah; I am an Islamophobe; I used sources that are Islamophobic, I used non-credible or weak sources; I am incapable of understanding Islam; I am an agent (or under the influence) of Iblīs/Satan. /sarcasm

About $9.
https://www.amazon.com/Vinci-Code-Robert-Langdon/dp/0307474275

Well.. Bitcion is an unregulated currency of notable worth and the transactions are not only not insured, but not reversible. This would put the onus on you to prove that you're not a scam. Wouldn't you say Dan?

A quick internet detective search shows your based out of Canada, but your site is hosted out of Texas. You use the email [email protected] and your name is Dan Brown. You published a book called Karma which people bought because they thought you were this guy ... you know the guy who wrote [this book] (http://www.amazon.com/Da-Vinci-Code-Dan-Brown/dp/0307474275/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371085843&sr=1-1&keywords=da+vinci+code)

Now you created this gem on the 9th and you only did a 1 year registration... In 2 days you're hooked up with bigcommerce and moneygram... that's cool, but who wrote the system to handle your BTC transactions and all that fun management stuff.

Now I'm not saying you're a scam... but I don't have a whole lot of confidence in you.