Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

9 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse and Abandonment

katrinarose's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Exact same formula as his previous books except the stakes of this book were much lower and less thrilling than previous books. Entertaining nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

marianneiriss's review

adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicide, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Medical content, and Cursing

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Out of the 3 books i've read so far, this is my 2nd favourite.

I loved the codebreaking side of the story and the little mysteries throughout the book. Again, like in ANGELS AND DEMONS, I didn't care for the religion elements.

There are 2 books left in this series but I feel like I may be getting bored of these books. I may have to take a break before picking up the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Transphobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Torture

lilybuddy's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

laurawoods13's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Torture

emmiekay's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.5

Much like The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol follows Robert Langdon as he runs through a major capital city, expounding on symbology, trying to both solve a mystery and save someone's life. In this book, it's Washington, DC, and the secret society is the Masons.

The Lost Symbol isn't as good as The Da Vinci Code. It's a fast-paced run though the District, exposing Masonic symbols, and it's interesting enough to be a page turner, but the way everything falls together is a bit rushed. It doesn't have the smoothness of The Da Vinci Code. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death

I have no idea how to tag this, but a major character drowns on the page, only for the reader to discover that it's a modified torture chamber with hyperoxygenated water, so he's still alive. A minor character is drowned.

sabrielsbell's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

This was a fun addition to this series but not my favorite of the bunch.  I enjoyed following along with the mysteries (as always) and the family plotline with Peter Solomon was really intriguing but I struggled with the conclusion its ambiguous nature.  The clues felt less solid and that was a struggle for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Torture