The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown-Review
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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown-Review
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I can completely understand what you mean. I think he has found a formula that seems to work for him. I will grant you that the base story is not that original and is somewhat a carbon of Da Vinci Code but I also think using the United States as a backdrop was a good idea. I guess it comes down to if it is not broken don't fix it for some of us.StephenKingman wrote:^ I really disliked The Lost Symbol as is practically a carbon copy of the Da Vinci Code wihout the freshness or originality of that novel. It seems Brown has picked his tried and tested formula of "historian uncovers an ancient truth with a sinister shadow organisation in pursuit of the same aretfect, all the while trying to ourun the authorities" and isnt going to change it..
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Whilst I agree with the comment, it was still well written and the short chapters make it an easy read. I put it in the category of a good light holiday book.StephenKingman wrote:^ I really disliked The Lost Symbol as is practically a carbon copy of the Da Vinci Code wihout the freshness or originality of that novel. It seems Brown has picked his tried and tested formula of "historian uncovers an ancient truth with a sinister shadow organisation in pursuit of the same aretfect, all the while trying to ourun the authorities" and isnt going to change it..
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I can say I am not sure Dan Brown was ever really original as with both the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons he took theories that already existed by some and set them in a story more so with the Da Vinci Code. I am not sure about The Lost Symbol but I would not be surprised if he did. All three are good brain candy though.
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A skull filled with red wine like blood must be drained by the instructor if he wants to become a full member. The Lost Symbol began with a slightly devilish ritual of a powerful organization around the world. The preacher read the oath, completed the task, and officially joined. But to him, things just started, he had to go further, to be the first to be transformed ... into God ... To be like that he needs to unlock the greatest mystery of all time, Find the Ancient Portal with the help of a person.
Robert Langdon, a popular icon professor at Harvard University, as usual, practiced swimming, sniffing coffee and pastries at six in the morning without knowing it was a long day. The worst and worst of his life. An old friend, Peter Solomon, sent a fax and a text message to Langdon inviting him to Washington in the day to replace a deadline speaker at the last minute. Since then, Langdon has been inadvertently caught up in an adventurous journey [several times before] the same, seeing his own right-sided Solomon sneeze between the Washington Capitol, chased by the CIA and even fleeting. Seeing God's face when buried alive at midnight ... [The principle of the review is to let everything pass in the three dots here.]
[Back to the short story, what I like about this book is the name of it The Lost Symbol, a name, I think is two-tiered. One is the ancient mystery was lost, the two is a "thing" seems to have lost [try to re-read the first chapter 121 you feel "The lost" like me?
This book, very similar to one of Dan Brown's earlier works. It is also tragic. Legends also, ancient myths revolve with modern science that they become two sides of a coin. I do not know what motivates Dan Brown to return to this topic, perhaps it is his favorite subject.]
The code in The Lost Symbol is the same as the book itself. Dan Brown did not hide the end, rather he made a lot of suggestions for readers to be able to guess the end. Strangely enough, Langdon was not aware of it in the first place, and I believe we could hardly see the truth because Dan Brown was so talented he had misled us into the rush and Extremely attractive writing style. Let me tell you a little bit, if you really like speculation, if you're good enough to get rid of the temptation of the book, you'll find the ending very early.
For me, this book probably will not make the leap as its brother did many years ago. Dan Brown built such a monument that he himself could hardly break through. Anyway, The Lost Symbol is also a wonderful detective story, enough to quench the thirst of believers Dan Brown after six years of hard work waiting. [This book, huh? 8 points, The Da Vinci Code: 10, 10, 10 ^ _ ^]. [Well, there is one thing that TLSymbol do for me that TDVCode can not do is stop to do other things =)) =))]
Read The Lost Symbol go !!!! ?
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