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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)

Dan Brown

Start date: December 14, 2009

Finish date: December 15, 2009

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Jan 16, 2010 Erin rated it liked it

Shelves: adult

I started reading this last night, and couldn't put it down for the first 300 or so pages. It was fast-paced and engaging. The mystery was intriguing, the villain was sinister, and the plot was complex. However, when I picked The Lost Symbol back up again this afternoon to finish it, I was less satisfied by the falling action and resolution of the book. The earlier complexities seemed to tie too predictably back together (ex: the identity of the villain and the reason for the CIA's involvement), ...more

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Sep 21, 2009 stormhawk rated it liked it

I wasn't all that excited about the publication of The Lost Symbol, wasn't going to bother to read it, but ended up with a copy pretty cheaply. The bad guy seemed to be a retread of the Albino from The DaVinci Code with better verbal skills, and one of the big "ooh wows" was so transparent I had it nailed down before the first third of the book had passed. Hopefully I will remember this when the next hugely-touted Dan Brown novel is published. ...more

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Nov 09, 2009 Holly Foley (Procida) rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult-fiction

I find Dan Brown Books to be similar to Indiana Jones movies... non stop action, much of it unrealistic, caged in some accuracy but with plenty of unprovable assertions. I was entertained by Lost Symbol. I learned a couple of very interesting facts and hope to make a trip to Washington DC to see some of the landmarks referenced in light of the new things mentioned about them. I didn't see the twist coming, others I have spoken with about the book did. I would recommend the book, particular to fa ...more

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