I, personally, enjoyed the book WAY better than i did the movie. Things were much more explained in the book, and to me, it was easier to understand. In the beginning of the book he states exactly what is fact, and at the bottom he says, "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate." I treated the book as it was mostly fact, but many people have told me otherwise. I kept an open mind though, i think thats really what you have to do when you're reading a book as controversial as the Da Vinci Code.