Professor Robert Langdon is summoned to Washington, DC late at night to deliver a lecture. When he gets there, the lecture is mysteriously cancelled, and the only thing that remains is a severed hand belonging to his friend, Peter Solomon, which represents the Hand of Mysteries, an invitation to a challenge. With his life's friend on the line and a killer on the loose, Langdon unravels a series of events that leads him to the secrets of Freemasonry and the search for 'the Lost Word.'
With amazing writing techniques and numerous surprising secrets, Dan Brown created a book where the reader can't help but go on and on reading without stopping. Interesting and filled with lessons about history and religion, The Lost Symbol is a thrilling page-turner.
I love history and the mysteries it holds. That's what drew me towards Dan Browns novels (even if some of it can be called fiction). The thrill his stories gave off where just a plus to the intriguing history lesson he taught. The Lost Symbol lacks the thrill that his previous novels had. The first half of the book went by too slow; too many words and unnecessary explanations. I enjoyed the little facts he rambled off, but I could feel my mind thoughts drift off. And I found it extremely annoying that the characters kept switching almost each chapter-maybe thats why the first half felt so slow? Also, the way the characters and situations played out felt vaguely familiar (like his other novels)
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