The Lost Symbol : Book Review

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The wait is over. “The Lost Symbol,” the follow-up to Dan Brown’s 2003 mega-seller, “The Da Vinci Code,” is here — and you don’t have to be a Freemason to enjoy it (although it wouldn’t hurt cuz there were many portions in the book which can leave you puzzled so as to why is it like that!!!).

Good news to all the “Dan Brown fans” this is a typical Dan Brown book – fast paced, packed with mystery, some numbing (at least for me) puzzles, a bit of romance and loads of maybe-could-be history.

The Lost Symbol takes place in Washington, DC and revolves around Freemason lore – specifically the “Ancient Mysteries”. He mixes in the overbearing CIA and Noetic Science for a nice thiller.
Robert Langdon (The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons) is back again and this time his love interest is the beautiful Noetic Scientiest Katherine Solomon .Both are sent on a wild chase around Washington, DC in an effort to save her brother and Robert’s friend, Peter Solomon, from the hands of a mad man -a seriously messed up lunatic. Dan Brown will keep you turning pages to find out their fate in this one.

If you are expecting a book better than the Da Vinci Code you are going to be disappointed. If you are a fan of Dan Brown like I am you will see that this is a typical Dan Brown book. In simplest terms it is the Da Vinci Code but based on the Freemasons. Nothing new in terms of his style.
Last, there were no “oh my god” moments in this book If you were expecting some of the whoa bits of Da Vinci Code then I am sorry you are going to be disappointed. It’s hard to imagine anyone, after reading “The Lost Symbol,” debating about Freemasonry in Washington, D.C., the way people did Brown’s radical vision of Jesus and Mary Magdalene in “Code.” That book hit a deep cultural nerve for obvious reasons; “The Lost Symbol” is more like the experience on any roller coaster — thrilling, entertaining and then it’s over.
At the end of the day, this is a very good book that I think most people will enjoy. It is no masterpiece but it is enjoyable.

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