The Da Vinci Code

[Prudence]

I suppose I'll see this eventually, but I'm a bit afraid to. I know I'm supposed to reject the book as unsuitable fluff, poorly written by an insufferable hack, but the reality is that I found it quite entertaining. The history of the early Church and related heresies is one of my pet research hobbies, so I tend to enjoy historical fiction in that genre. (In much the same way as I enjoy, from time to time, a good bodice-ripper involving a strong-willed Elizabethan era heroine who will, at some point, disguise herself as a man to get her own way, before being tamed by the studly heir she's supposed to hate.) I'm bound to be disappointed by the movie, I think. Which is a pity.