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The Lost Symbol review: The Book

Read Dan Browns other novels first if you already have not. My personal recommendation: Angels & Demons & then Da Vinci code and so on… finally this one, The Lost Symbol.

The Lost Symbol: Released in September’09 – BANG!

Million copies sales crossed on day one.

Now coming to the cast and characters of the novel:

The Hero: The legendary Robert Langdon.

Professor Langdon, a celebrated Symbol specialist with a key to every puzzle. But this novel brings forth a simpler & human side of Langdon where he gets stuck a couple of times in between the whole Search game. Even he needs help.

The Muse: The fine wine:  She is a 50 year old woman. Brilliant to the core.

Villain: Can’t reveal the name but undoubtedly, this novel of Brown gives us the best villain of all times. In this novel, the villain is the heath ledger of the Joker kind, amazing and fantabulous.

Basic gist of the plot:

The Secret Society: Freemasons – that’s right, a real organization an Institute of Noetic Studies which engages in secretive rituals and is believed to be protecting a great secret.

Again, some real cool and amazing facts are unraveled in the book. It’s a pure thriller. Peter Solomon, the professor’s mentor gets kidnapped. The ransom is for Langdon to unlock an ancient secret protected by the Freemasons.

Positives:

The Lost Symbol is a fast paced novel.

The beginning till the end, that’s right, it keeps us on the edge of our seats.

It puts forth many dares and the ins and outs of the details make us go “Know more” over alta vista or Google for the cool facts it puts forth.

The continuous ups, downs twists & turns make it a great read.

The not so good part:

Honestly, the final mystery ain’t much worth the effort.

The end could have been a million times better.

After reading the whole book, it was as if, it was written for the kick of it without a though and enough effort to the final storyline.

Cost of the book – INR Approximately Rs.700/ – INR

Ratings: 3/5

Honest feedback about the book: Don’t rush to buy, Wait for the paperback version, trust me!