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A solid 3 stars! This was a reread. I first read it back in 2003 and I was pleased the book stood up to me returning to it decades later. While it wasn’t as tense and on the edge of my seat as the first read—it was so vivid that I remembered many plot points—it was still enjoyable. I love the symbology, watching the clues come together, and the multiple meanings. I also enjoy the emphasis on goddess worship and returning dualism to Christianity. If you are not okay with that, I suggest skipping this book. I did get annoyed with Sophie being such an ingenue. To an extent she needs to because she is the proxy for the audience, but I think Dan Brown could’ve given his readers more credit and that a cryptanalyst agent would’ve made smarter moves. I still enjoyed it enough to give it a 3 star rating, however.