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.
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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