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A review by karenholmes
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
3.0
I had read and enjoyed The Da Vinci Code back in time when it first came out. I remembered the thrill of discovering layers of meaning and the twists and turns of the story. I knew Dan Brown isn't known for his good writing, but he had quite a decent comand of sentences and achieved milions of readers eager for more.
It's been a while since I read the first one. I haven't read the second one, but as they are standalones and I had the chance to read this one, I grabbed it and started to read. I don't know what I was expecting but that lot of info dumps, that twists that I could see comming from the beginning and characters I don't feel alive.
Maybe I was so eager to see the construction of the plot, that I didn't feel the enjoyment of reading. But those info dumps, those conversations between characters feel so awkard that I don't know if another writer could get away with it.
It's been a while since I read the first one. I haven't read the second one, but as they are standalones and I had the chance to read this one, I grabbed it and started to read. I don't know what I was expecting but that lot of info dumps, that twists that I could see comming from the beginning and characters I don't feel alive.
Maybe I was so eager to see the construction of the plot, that I didn't feel the enjoyment of reading. But those info dumps, those conversations between characters feel so awkard that I don't know if another writer could get away with it.