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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

12 reviews

lilybuddy's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Oh jeez. I started this book for the 3rd time because I never understood it well and I hoped the new TV series would give me some handholds. It did! But the book is very different than the show. And quite a bit longer. With a lot of explanations. And more explanations. And expositions. Sometimes multiple times about the same thing.

Sometimes I just skipped entire paragraph because Langdon was waxing poetic about a building that didn't matter for the plot.

I get now why I could hardly follow it the first 2 times. I could barely follow it now. The story gets buried beneath the author's apparent need to prove how much research he did, which is an impressive amount, it has to be said. 

All in all, I'm glad I read it again but I'm less enthused than I thought I'd be.
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emmiekay's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was a great easy read. The beginning did feel like the author was trying to become a Mason by kissing ass. The main character comes across so dumb it doesn't make sense why Peter Solomon thought he would be fit for solving the mystery. Katherine was the true hero and honestly the book would have been 4 stars if she was the protagonist. But overall I enjoyed it, the ending has stuck with me for a while awarding it 3 stars.
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