Author: Dan Brown
My last Dan Brown book review was my first Dan Brown book review, and you may remember it was not glowing. I felt that Brown has manipulated me, as a reader, and that his ending was flat.
Well, thankfully, I found The Lost Symbol to be much better. Much.
Once again, we find hero Robert Langdon in a fast-paced mystery. Once again, his specialties as an expert in symbology and history are put to the test in a life-and-death struggle. This time, it works, very well.
Called to Washington, D.C. to help a friend, Langdon is soon drawn into conflict with a driven, ruthless criminal. Faced with mysteries which involve the Freemasons, as well as with the masonic history of our founding fathers and the capital city they designed, our professor protagonist does not know who to trust. The stakes are high, the danger is real, and the mysteries are intense.
By the time we're done, we have had several reversals, we've been impressed with puzzles inside of puzzles, and we've been taken on a fictional ride that seems quite realistic. The "Lost Symbol" of the title refers to a legendary masonic secret which promises to open the great mysteries of the past to the world, and it's a fun ride as we consider many possible answers to the big question: could it exist, and if it does, what would it show us?
Again, I have not read The DaVinci Code, nor Angels and Demons. So, I cannot recommend which Dan Brown "Langford" novel is best. But The Lost Symbol is certainly good -- and much better than its successor.
In My Humble Opinion, of course.
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