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    The Lost Symbol
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    The Lost Symbol

    Written by Dan Brown

    Narrated by Paul Michael

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When Professor Robert Langdon's mentor is brutally kidnapped, he realises the only hope of saving his friend is to follow the clues hidden in an ancient invitation. He is then plunged into a deadly race against time as he battles through a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, codes and hidden truths, all leading towards a shocking and unthinkable finale.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9781407442549
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    The Lost Symbol
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    Dan Brown

    Dan Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Origin, The Da Vinci Code, Digital Fortress, Deception Point, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, and Inferno. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts to writing full-time. He lives in New England with his wife. Visit his website at DanBrown.com.

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    • 3/5
      I’ll never be a big Dan Brown fan, but I can see a place for him, and I think it’s great that he gets people who don’t usually read into bookstores and exposed to the idea and practice of reading, but he’s only okay as long as he doesn’t take himself too seriously, and he just might have crossed that line in The Lost Symbol. I mean, really. Dan Brown writing about the nature of religion and the power of human thoughts and beliefs? Puh-leez.Read my full, spoiler-filled review at The Book Lady's Blog.
    • 4/5
      actually id give it a 4.5. i thought angels and demons was much better, altho it was still an impressively good book.
    • 2/5
      This is the weakest of the three Robert Langdon stories IMHO. It is really too long and cluttered in too much detail and description, this detracts from what could have been a good thriller/mystery. I had to dig deep to finish, mainly because it was a present. This followed very much Dan Brown's formulaic approach for the Robert Langodn stories. Angels and Demon (his first Robert Langdon) is the best of the three in my opinion.
      The ending of the story also dragged and could have been more to the point.
    • 2/5
      I really enjoyed the first of the Robert Langdon books Demons and Angels, and thought it was excellent, and The Da Vinci Code was pretty good, but this book struck me as boring and repetitive. It was too focused on Langdon's 'attractiveness'and his ignorance of it, explaining why hi is now on romance number three in as many books, and the overdone stretch that was the plot. I finished it and thought, 'Well, 2/3, not bad' and ended the series with an overall opinion that it was good, but imagine my surprise when I realized that there was, in fact, going to be another book. The series should have ended with The Da Vinci Code, I will not be continuing the series.
    • 4/5
      The main mystery is sadly obvious even before the very first actual clue is dropped, but the story is otherwise well-paced and exciting, and there are some more minor twists that might surprise. The main philosophical content and themes of the plot are interesting enough, but (in my opinion) not sufficiently so to sustain the amount of reiteration it gets, through constant monologues (both internal and explicit) that continue to discuss the same notions over and over throughout the narrative. I also took some minor issue (though admittedly, all three were consistently lionised) with the core three characters' apparent lack of trauma or even ill humour in the last few chapters, that felt like it cheapened the horrors they had been through until then.
    • 2/5
      Hmmm...This book was mildly entertaining, but nowhere nearly as fun as "Angels and Demons" or "The Davinci Code". Maybe it's the fact that the story is set in Washington, D.C. rather than Rome or Paris, or perhaps it's because the central mystery involves Freemasonry instead of more specifically Christian themes, but I found myself saying, "Eh, who cares?"
    • 3/5
      Ja, dit is een Dan Brown boek, maar het kon mij niet zo bekoren als de andere delen
    • 3/5
      I listened to this so the fact the the CIA director had a rough voice due to throat cancer and the villain spoke in a harsh whisper made it hard to listen to at times. I think is telling that they skipped this book when they worked on the movie series. I kept thinking just get on with it. As to the big reveal of the great secret - it was so VERY, VERY STUPID!!!! They were willing to die to keep the villain from knowing that?!
    • 4/5
      Enjoyed listening to this one, but it was a bit too long.
    • 3/5
      An entertaining read and pretty much exactly what I expected going in. There were a lot of interesting historical facts and symbols interpretations that make you stop and think, and the story was a bit of a page turner. I did not like this book as much as Angels and Demons or the Da Vinci Code, but I am glad I read it. I thought at times the plot was a bit too slow, and the ending was not really dramatic at all. The theoretical science and spiritual allusions were thought provoking, although a bit far-fetched at times. In short - nothing spectacular but a nice escape.
    • 4/5
      Fascinating amalgamation of history and fiction. The background on the masons and American forefathers was particularly interesting.
    • 4/5
      Man used to have a special knowledge, the Ancient Mysteries. Knowledge that changed the world and led to the golden age of many societies and humankind. But, the general populace has lost that knowledge that is now guarded heavily by different societies in the world. Advances in a field a science, called Noetic science has begun challenging the preconceptions of the power of the human mind and is on the verge of causing a worldwide intellectual renaissance. But now, one man has taken up a selfish quest to find the Ancient Mysteries and plunge the rest of the world into darkness.This is the main plot of The Lost Symbol, the third book in Dan Brown's saga about Professor Robert Langdon. The Lost Symbol is a change of subjects for the series. Brown has left behind the religious world of the previous two books and has instead entered the world of cutting edge science and the Masons. It's a refreshing change of subject matter from the previous two books.I felt that there was less emphasis on puzzles than in the previous books. The whole book was built upon one main object with a few puzzles and mysteries contained within it. The puzzles themselves had a lot more to do with symbology and science though and it was still very astonishing how Langdon was able to solve them.Also, the book seemed to have much bigger plot twists and changes. I won't go into details, but I loved how he can completely switch the tables on what you are thinking or slowly build up to a point where you almost know what's going to happen. The Lost Symbol doesn't stray too much from the way the other two books go. Puzzles, surprises, and action still fueled my need to finish this book. It does stray away from the religious subject matter and toward scientific advancement and conspiracy theories, but I like the different subject. The Lost Symbol is an amazing book and I recommend it to anyone.
    • 5/5
      This book is fabulous. It was thrilling throughout and I never knew what was going to happen next. This book had me guessing and I would have never predicted the outcome. Dan Brown never ceases to amaze me
    • 3/5
      Unbelievable, but I liked the DC locations, all of which I've toured- Smithsonian's Museum Support Center; Library of Congress; Botanic Gardens; Masonic Temple on 16th St....
    • 2/5
      disappointing...

      It's predictable, and the writing fails to engage your raw emotions. Some of the material and plotlines should be terrifying and nail-biting but it fell flat for me.

      How flat? Well the last 60 pages or so went unread for about a week until I forced myself to pick it up and just finish it off.

      That's probably the worst indictment I could ever make of a book in this genre!! Everything of significance had happened (or was so obvious by that point), and I just didn't care enough about the characters to go through all the motions of wrapping up the story lines.
    • 5/5
      I liked this book but not as much as Brown's other two Langdon books. While I did enjoy the information about the free masons, this book just didnt have the pull on me that the other did. I remember being completely upset when i though Langdon died. I'm kinda fuzzy on the details, so maybe I'll re-read this book and see if I like it better the second time around
    • 3/5
      On Amazon alone as of today, there are more than 2,400 reviews of Dan Brown's latest novel, "The Lost Symbol," so there's little need for another one covering the book's entirety. Brown has written better books, and worse. Overall this one is an entertaining but uneven diversion with a fairly preachy exhortation at its end.The most compelling element in "The Lost Symbol" is the antagonist Mal'akh. I've read all Brown's novels, and consistently have found the vast majority of the characters populating them uniformly flat and two-dimensional. Not so with Mal'akh. (In modern Hebrew, mal'akh is the general word for "angel.") Brown does a great job endowing this character with dimension, depth, pain, and even a touch of pathos. Of all the characters Brown has created for his novels, Mal'akh is by far the most interesting; more interesting even, dare I say, than the redoubtable Robert Langdon himself.
    • 5/5
      This came as a surprise but ... it was stupendous, fantastic, etc. The most enthralling fiction I've read this year. I could not put it down. Obviously not everyone feels the same about this book, and that almost led me to skip it, I'm so glad I didn't. The only reason I don't give this 5-stars is that I completely disagree with Dan Brown's Philosophy/Theology. Beyond that though, what a book!
    • 4/5
      Surprisingly good! I'm usually not a Dan Brown fan, and believe there are much better authors out there of this genre (Eco, etc.). However, I found The Lost Symbol well-paced, interesting, and a good read. While some of his other books read like the screenplays they'll eventually become, this one doesn't do that (thank goodness). While I feel that Angels & Demons is still his best work, The Lost Symbol comes second for me (bumping Da Vinci Code to third).
    • 3/5
      Disappointed, not anywhere near as gripping or entertaining as his previous books, I found it hard work to read.
    • 3/5
      I found this third Langdon book far less surprising than the first two books. Especially the ending was a disappointment to me, So, sadly Dan Brown goes from 5 to three stars.
    • 2/5
      OMG, it would take Dan Brown 20 minutes to order a cup of coffee and 600 pages to spew this repetitive drivel about the wisdom of the Masons. Please, do yourself a favor and don't read it.
    • 2/5
      I enjoyed reading Dan Brown's other books, but I found The Lost Symbol seriously lacking. The plot, while yet another adaptation of every other novel by Brown, was simple and consistently telegraphed throughout the book. While I could not put down Browns other books, it was all I could do to get through this one. Maybe it is time for him to find a new stirrings.
    • 4/5
      As with all Dan Brown books I like that the story line and characters are mixed with actually historical events and historical architectural facts. I wish the end would have had more of a climactical ending to it. Overall I would recommend it to anyone who wants to enjoy a great thriller especially if they like freemason history as myself.
    • 1/5
      I know it's Dan Brown and I read him purely as an escapist novel for a quick interesting read, but seriously? Was dazzled by plot holes the size of the Congress library and how it was so formulaic, it sounded like it was written on autopilot.
    • 1/5
      I managed to stumble upon Angels and Demons just after it was released and couldn't wait for the Da Vinci Code, which was all that I was hoping for and more. My expectations were high for The Lost Symbol. Unfortunately, it was so bad that I don't think I'll ever bother with another Dan Brown book again. There are so many other writers out there that have better ideas (all Dan Brown books follow the same formula - Deception Point is basically Digital Fortress is basically Angels and Demons).

      He really should have stopped at The Da Vinci Code and become a legend.

      I really don't know why I'm so negative on Dan Brown now. It's really unfortunate. Maybe I should go read The Da Vinci Code again and remember why I fell in love with that book...

      EDIT: I've been thinking about this since writing the review. The book's formula is virtually identical to all other Dan Brown books (pretty much a carbon copy of Da Vinci Code), but it's just missing whatever the spark was that propelled the Da Vinci Code to its extreme popularity.
    • 3/5
      My overall impression of this book is that it was a whole lot of much ado about nothing. Wasn't impressed. There were some things that I didn't see coming, and I was really into it up until we find out about creepy naked tattooed guy. Could have ended right there, but in true Dan Brown style, he keeps going and going and going. He lost me for the last 3 or 4 chapters. I got so bored I could hardly stay awake. Ended up not caring in the least about the book or the characters.

    • 4/5
      In the trilogy, I liked this one the least. It was slow to start, and about a fourth of the way through did it pick up. I will give the book credit, once it picked up it was a good read. If you enjoyed the previous two, you will enjoy this book as well. If you have not read either, please do. The series is a must read.
    • 4/5
      The success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is quite mind blowing. It's now considered one of the most popular books of all time and has sold over 81 million copies around the world. It's hard to imagine how such a successful author can prepare himself to write the next book in the Robert Langdon series under such a heavy weight of expectation. But, he's done it.In the beginning of The Lost Symbol, Robert Langdon flies to Washington D.C. under the impression he'll be making a presentation at the U.S. Capitol, however that all changes very quickly when he realises his mentor has been kidnapped. Langdon is forced to decode the secrets of the Freemasons in order to save his long time friend Peter Solomon.The plot structure is extremely reminiscent of The Da Vinci Code, as the reader is taken on a rollicking ride of secrets and symbols within landmark buildings in D.C - sometimes hidden and sometimes in full view of the public. The plot wouldn't be complete without an evil bad guy with delusions of grandeur and a deadline to increase the tension. It's very easy to understand why Dan Brown has opted to use the same literary recipe that brought him so much success with The Da Vinci Code, and I can't really blame him for it either. I can also understand why he draws such criticism from the literary world, however for me, I was more than happy to settle back into his familiar rhythm.I immensely enjoyed discovering the history and symbology with Langdon in Washington D.C. although I longed for a visual of the art, symbology and architecture that seemed to ignite every page. The focus on Freemasons was illuminating and intriguing although of course I couldn't say how close to the truth it really is. In this case, I was more than happy to submit myself to the story, leaving all literary expectations at the door.Surprisingly, I believe The Lost Symbol is just as good as The Da Vinci Code, although I doubt it will sell as many copies. I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy a thriller.
    • 4/5
      The research Dan Brown must do to write his historical conspiracy's is almost fanatical. His characters are certainly fanatical personas. Once again couldn't put it down. This story is connected with the Masonic Lodge, and its secrets.