ISBN: 9780385504225
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing
Rating: C
I have to say that as a fan of Robert Langdon and Dan Brown I was quite disappointed with this latest effort into a well written series. THE LOST SYMBOL is not an accurate depiction of what they were searching for, in my opinion. I feel like Brown was trying to capitalize on his previous success and wrote a sub standard book that could possibly have destroyed any desire for me to read any additional adventures of Robert Langdon.
The plot seemed forced at the end and the reveal of what was the whole point of the book didn’t feel like it was important. It seemed to be an afterthought and that made it difficult for me to read it. I skimmed the reveal of what was truly lost, I never skim a book EVER and this I skimmed. It should have been a huge part of the book but it mattered nothing to me.
I loved the book up until I realized I was right about Mal’akh and then it went down hill from there. I have a friend who kept wanting to discuss this book with me, and I am afraid that she’ll be a bit disappointed with my feelings now that I have finished it. Typically when reading a Dan Brown book there is so much left unknown until the end that you can’t decide if you like it until you’ve finished it. However, now I am a bit sad with how THE LOST SYMBOL played out.
Gone went the brilliance of THE DA VINCI CODE.
