The Lost Symbol
By Dan Brown
Published September 15, 2009 (Hardcover) Doubleday
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Faster, faster still, I walked on the treadmill, Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code in my hand. And, in flipping the last pages, I couldn’t stifle the cheer that I let out. The pace in reading The Lost Symbol is familiar, and this time, no cheer was emitted, but a huge smile spread over my face. Dan Brown is brilliant.
Brown does a masterful job of weaving the latest story of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, his beloved mentor and friend Peter Solomon who is a prominent Mason, Solomon’s scientist sister, and the tattooed and wicked creature who stirs up mysticism and violence as he pushes to become all-powerful, seeking The Lost Symbol.
Brown puts puzzles in the hands of Langdon to solve, but the puzzles he himself devises in the shape of this novel, cut close to impossible. Magician or mystic, either is likely. The book is written on several levels – how profound a message can your mind embrace?
I wondered as I read, Is it dangerous to put Wisdom in the hands of the Everyman? We are meant to have that Wisdom. We are trusted to use it wisely.
One magic four-letter word closes the book. Don’t peek. It boosted my spirits. That’s what Dan Brown does best — remind us how powerful we really are.
Tony King said,
November 5, 2009 @ 2:29 am
I enjoyed the Lost Symbol but found it too similar to Brown’s other work. I much prefered The God Machine by J. Sandom. Plus, it was a lot less expensive.
Diana Page Jordan said,
November 5, 2009 @ 4:00 am
Tony, I checked out Amazon’s description of The God Machine, and the book sounds engaging and tight. I’ll look for it. As to your comment on cost, you COULD simply await the paperback version of Dan Brown’s books
Thanks for your comments! I enjoyed them.