The Lost Symbol By Clairdelune Na on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
Everytime I go on vacation I bring a book to read. Last year it was « Angels and Demons » from Dan Brown, which I really liked. This year I brought the sequel which is Dan Brown's newest book called « The Lost Symbol ».The french version of the book has 595 pages and the english one 528 pages.
The story is about our hero « Harvard symbiologist Robert Langdon », who has been asked by his friend, Peter Solomon, to come to Washington DC to give a conference at the Capitol. The problem was that when he arrived at the Capitol, no one was there for the conference. Only a few tourists were in the room and a bloody hand. A hand, he soon recognize.
I wouldn't say the book is bad because I love to read about symbols, Masons and old rituals stuff. Actually I enjoyed reading it at the beach, it was entertaining, but I preferred reading "Angels & Demons"a lot more.
I didn't get the same anticipation i've felt while reading his previous books. The Lost Symbol is less intriguing and thrilling then the « Da Vinci code » and Angels & Demons in my opinion. And the ending disappointed me a little bit. It didn't reveal a big secret as I thought it would.
For those reasons, I would give it a 3.5 out of 5 star.
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Even though I agree with you there, I quite like Dan Brown's this series. I have read all the 3 books in the order you have mentioned and liked them more than the films.
I agree with you, I liked the books more then the movies also.
I really like reading Dan Brown's books and have read all of these also. I find with any author though, it's really hard to create the same success as the first book in a series. I did enjoy the movies and can't see anyone else doing them but Tom Hanks.