Disappointed

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This was no 'Da Vinci Code.' I don't know why I couldn't really get into this one, whether it was the unbelievable villain, the reveal of the lost symbol or what. It was still a page turner, which explains why I read it so quickly, but I was not nearly as excited to read on as with the other two Robert Langdon thrillers. For some reason, I just couldn't connect with the history of the Masons, even knowing how many of our forefathers were members. The other books were about the Vatican and the Holy Grail, and I don't know whether being Catholic led to me being more interested in those two.

I was especially annoyed by the falseness of being able to solve something that supposedly no one has solved for centuries in a matter of hours. Also, at the end after the characters had narrowly escaped death by drowning or being bled to death, they still wax on for about 50 pages! If anything, you would think they could have talked about the secret in the morning after a night's rest. The authorities didn't really seem to care either, just letting someone whose hand had been cut off continue riding around with Robert Langdon talking about the pyramid and what it means.

It was totally unbelievable that any human being would be able to withstand that much stress and strain and not need immediate medical attention. For some reason, I just couldn't let that go and it ruined the ending for me.

I'm just glad I borrowed this book from the library and didn't buy it.

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