sifuCJC reviewed The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Typical Dan Brown, but liked the ending
4 stars
I didn't see the ending coming. Enjoyed it as an audio-book.
Paperback, 623 pages
Polish language
Published Dec. 30, 2010 by Albatros, Wydawn. Sonia Draga.
"Robert Langdon, bohater Kodu Leonarda da Vinci, by w Waszyngtonie tropić sekrety loży masońskiej"--Jacket.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object, artfully encoded with five symbols, is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation--one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon, a prominent Mason and philanthropist, is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets and hidden history in Washington, D.C.
I didn't see the ending coming. Enjoyed it as an audio-book.
Fairly poor. I've enjoyed Dan's other books, but this is one for the US market only (the entire action happens in Washington DC, it's all about national symbology) and some of it is simply unbelievable nonsense. Shame.
I would have given it 3 stars but I was pretty disappointed with the ending. Seemed like a lot of build up - great build up, actually - for what, to me, felt like an anti-climax.
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