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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book was interesting, though not quite as good as Angels and Demons. It features much more symbology, a very clever twist, and an interesting general concept. Sadly it is also far less exciting than the other novels and has a much less vivid sense of pace. The novel feels like more of a "set up" than Brown's other novels, and there's no "guessing" that can really be done on the part of the reader. All the clues are random and inexplicable. ( ) Just started this one. It inspired quite a battle of opinions between my facebook friends so I can't wait to see which side I fall on! Well -- I didn't love it but I didn't COMPLETELY hate it either. I went into it kind of like I'd go into a summer blockbuster movie: expecting to be entertained but not have to use my brain too much. I think that's about what I got. I found it pretty repetitive and pretty annoying (enough with the Ancient Mysteries already) but the puzzles were fun and I was surprised by some things that happened. But for a piece of fluff, it was just fine. I think Dan Brown needs to find something less religious and mystical to write about next. And he needs to lighten up on the physical descriptions. He has tatoos, we know, stop telling me!
In the end, as with “The Da Vinci Code,” there’s no payoff. Brown should stop worrying about unfinished pyramids and worry about unfinished novels. At least Spielberg and Lucas gave us an Ark and swirling, dissolving humans. We don’t get any ancient wisdom that “will profoundly change the world as you know it” — just a lot of New Agey piffle about how we are the gods we’ve been waiting for. (And a father-son struggle for global domination, as though we didn’t get enough of that with the Bushes.) There are moments of excitement in this skilfully edited, deeply implausible thriller. At times the suspense is prolonged rather than sustained, but the 500 pages turn steadily and the overall effect is entertaining and certainly family-friendly. The Lost Symbol is violent but remarkably chaste and devoid of profanity. If you hate Dan Brown, you're going to hate this book. It seems Brown has decided to irk his critics by repeating every flaw he's been accused of. ... No, it's not Foucault's Pendulum. It doesn't even come close. However, if you liked Dan Brown's previous books you're likely to enjoy this one. There is some interesting trivia about the history of Washington, DC which is in fact true, which is an added bonus. It’s true, his style is as baldly prosaic as legend, but there remains a heft to his potboilers that is hard to imitate. He is better at conveying claustrophobia and breathlessness than, say, the explosion of a top-secret lab (“fragments of titanium mesh . . . droplets of melted silicon” etc) but the latter will make a juicier scene come the inevitable Tom Hanks movie, and the author knows this. As a thriller, "The Lost Symbol" is exciting, although readers of "The Da Vinci Code" will notice that some of the same stock characters and creaky plot devices pop up... As District of Columbia resident, I must say that Mr. Brown does a first-rate job of delivering a Cook's tour with duly sinister overtones of Washington's famous sites... It's when Mr. Brown interrupts his storytelling to deliver one of his many lectures on Christian intolerance—with pointed digs at the American religious right—that "The Lost Symbol" becomes a didactic bore. Belongs to SeriesRobert Langdon (3) Is contained inAngels & Demons / The Da Vinci Code / Deception Point / Digital Fortress / The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Robert Langdon Series Collection 7 Books Set By Dan Brown (Angels And Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, Origin, Digital Fortress, Deception Point) by Dan Brown Is abridged inHas as a reference guide/companionSecrets of the Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code Sequel by Daniel Burstein Secrets and Practices of the Freemasons: Sacred Mysteries, Rituals and Symbols Revealed by Jean-Louis de Biasi Has as a studyAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
Symbologist Robert Langdon returns in this new thriller follow-up to The Da Vinci Code. No library descriptions found.
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