You’ve got to be joking.
I have finally finished Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. And it was a chore.
I liked the Da Vinci Code as much as the next person. I really enjoyed Angels and Demons. Deception Point was a fun read. And I found Digital Fortress intriguing. So, I assumed that The Lost Symbol would be in the same vain as the rest of his books. I was sorely mistaken. It was so boring I had to force myself to keep reading in the hopes that something interesting happens. Oh, don’t worry. If you manage to make it to page 300, something resembling action starts to take place.
Obviously reading The Lost Symbol straight after The Five Greatest Warriors was a mistake. T5GW was non-stop action, running all over the world, solving mysteries I had heard a little about and fighting against really evil (and somewhat unpredictable & scary) enemies. TLS is Robert Langon running around Washington DC in his tweed jacket and loafers with (yet another) attractive woman, trying to rescue some random who I cared little about, being chased by the government and solving ‘mysteries’ that I had never heard of before and, therefore, cared little about. It’s da Vinci Code & Angels and Demons set in America with a somewhat obscure mystery and a non-threatening villain. I wasn’t impressed.
Please. If you haven’t wasted your time reading this already, don’t. It’s not worth it.
~ Bats ♥
