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.
mass market paperback, 686 pages
English language
Published Dec. 30, 2013 by Corgi Books.
WHAT WAS LOST WILL BE FOUND The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom.
When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon — prominent mason and philanthropist — is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons.
It is to take him on a breathless chase through.. Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leadinq him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth ... --back cover
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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