'The Lost Symbol' by Dan Brown

[Junthor]

I think it started off great....

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I figured out that the bad guy was Peter's son REALLY early on so it was kinda anti-climatic when it happened on paper. The ending Knowledge was kinda a let down too.....

It was Meh.

[caesarboxfan]

Not the best Langdon novel. Angels is still my favorite.

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What did you all think about Langdon "dying"?

[techskip]

I played nice since I haven't read it I didn't look under the spoilers... but the 3/5 rating makes me second guess reading it considering the first two were literally miss and base hit...

[SnorkletsMom]

I enjoyed the first two simply because I sometimes like fast-paced adventure and trivia as an escapist sort of thing. Brown isn't a great writer, but he's not horrible.

I finished #3 a few days ago and honestly I was very disappointed. It was too simple and too easily figured out, no complexities. I too found that instead of wanting to read right through, I kept setting it down and leaving it.

[caesarboxfan]

I know that the the Lost Symbol by Dan Brown is a sequel to the DA Vince Code, but i just bought the lost symbol and i really want to read it. Will I not be able to understand without first reading the DA Vince Code?

I think you'll be okay. There are a couple references to The Da Vinci Code, but none of them had anything to do with the plot of The Lost Symbol.

[justjohn]

I had to choke it down to finish it. It took longer to read the last chapter than the rest of the book. I gave it to my aunt and told her to donate it to Goodwill when she was done. This book sucked to no end.

[sir clinksalot]

Not Dan Browns best by ANY means. In fact, even his non-Langdon books were better.

I did however miss one of the twists (that I should have got)

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That Mal'akh was the son

but totally had another one pegged when it seemed Langdon could have pulled it out in 2 seconds

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that the pyramid/stairs was the Washington Monument.

Although, the book may make a good movie. Maybe that's what he was going for?