The Lost Symbol
By Clairdelune Na on
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.
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.