The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
by Dan Brown
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Author: Dan BrownEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-15
ISBN: 0385504225
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Product features:
- First Edition
- Hardback
- Dust cover
Book Reviews of The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
Book Review: "Damn The Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead" or "When I See a Critic, I call Pest Control"... Take Your Pick.
Summary: 4 Stars
Admiral David Farragaut, when invading Mobile Bay during the Civil War said, "Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead" In his most recent book, "South of Broad, Pat Conroy has one of the characters say, "When I see a critic, I call pest control..."
Both comments would be appropriate for the reviews this book has received. Take your pick of the above quotes, but, and this is most important, read the book. It's good. As Farragaut might say, "damn good."
Many if not most reviews of "The Lost Symbol" have been less than sterling. The New York Times review was especially, small, back-biting and vitrolic. It read almost as if the critic--and who ever built a monumnet to a critic--was jealous of Dan Brown, the acclaim he has received and the money he has made. To say that he has sold-out to the Masons and is only interested in money says more about the critic that the book.
This is a good book, a page turner, lots of history and interesting fact woven together with an action packed fast moving story. It won't receive the reaction the Da Vinci Code received, but this is a good book, a worhty followup to the Code.
Yet, and this was interesting, the book's biggest surprise--the villan's identity and the reason for his villanry--was almost readily evident about halfway through. If not readily evident, then relatively easy to figure out. That's unusual for a Dan Brown book, but it matters not. How Brown gets to the end, the symbols he reveals and the story he tells is enrapturing, moving and unforgettable. The reader will never look at Washington D.C. the same way again.
Don't miss this book--don't let the critics dissuade you--don't miss anything with Dan Brown's name on it as author.
We are fortunate to live and read in the time of Dan Brown, Vince Flynn,Nelson DeMille and Brewster Milton Robertson.
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