Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
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I'm on the fence about reading this book. I found both Angels & Demons and The DaVinci Code to be entertaining, fun reads. However, the reviews for The Lost Symbol do not appear to be very good. Basically that it's very formulaic and not terribly original. I realize Dan Brown isn't an author of fine literature, but I was hoping for something better. Perhaps I'll wait for the paperback.
I just finished it a few days ago.. it's a Masonic version of the DaVinci Code. yes it is formula writing but overall it is a fun read with a few good twists. You seriously need to suspend reality to get through many parts (especially near the end) and some parts are just roll your eyes fantasy. The end also gets extremely preachy.
Am I glad I read it? yeah, it was a fun story.
Would I read it a second time? No, once was enough.
Will it be a movie in 2 years? undoubtedly
Am I glad I read it? yeah, it was a fun story.
Would I read it a second time? No, once was enough.
Will it be a movie in 2 years? undoubtedly
That's fantastic.
^ "...a secret branch of Major League Baseball..." 
^^^ LMAO! The stuff from the sequel generator sounds better than The Lost Symbol.
I did get the first couple of chapters for free on my Kindle, but I decided not to purchase the book. Sounded waaaaaaay to much like the DaVinci Code, I'd rather just re-read that instead.
I did get the first couple of chapters for free on my Kindle, but I decided not to purchase the book. Sounded waaaaaaay to much like the DaVinci Code, I'd rather just re-read that instead.
I'm actually reading it right now (got the book for my birthday). I'm about a hundred pages in, so it's mostly been set-up so far. I'm sure the pace will pick up and things will get more exciting as the story unfolds, but right now it's a little dull.
And Dan Brown can't write dialogue for crap. That's always been the weakest aspect of his writing, IMO.
And Dan Brown can't write dialogue for crap. That's always been the weakest aspect of his writing, IMO.
That made my day.
For those that have read it - I'm going to be very circumspect so as not to spoil it, please answer just as carefully ------
would the national security breech really had been the major crisis it was made out to be? I think some nut cases would go off and there would be some ridicule but beyond that most would be ho-hum.
would the national security breech really had been the major crisis it was made out to be? I think some nut cases would go off and there would be some ridicule but beyond that most would be ho-hum.
That was something that, as a Brit, I found rather comical, even naive. Over here, we've always assumed that our politicians are power-grabbing creeps, perverts and weirdos on the take for as much as they can get (witness the ongoing expenses scandal), and if a similar thing happened in the UK the response would be a hefty sigh, much mockery on Have I Got News For You, and a few token resignations without anything really changing.
After Watergate, Monica Lewinsky, Brownie's heckuva job, Halliburton, refrigerated wads of cash and more gay sex scandals than you can tap your foot under the bathroom divider to, are US politicians really still regarded with the kind of respect and deference that Brown seems to assume exists?
I smell sitcom!
MeanJoePhaser
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I knew the Olympics were fishy.
"Louche", a word only used in print, like "niceties" and "ingenue".
Dan Brown is far from my level of reading. So I doubt I will ever read it.
