The Lost Symbol Review

What happens after the action of The DaVinci Code? Apparently more action and mystery. Dan Brown continues the adventures of Robert Langdon in his suspense filled The Lost Symbol. This book had me hooked with its thrilling mystery.

The Lost Symbol follows Harvard professor Robert Langdon on another adventure. He gets a call from what seems to be one of his friend's assistants detailing a lecture at which Robert's presence is requested. After flying to Washington D.C., Robert soon discovers that there is no lecture, but there is instead a search for the Ancient Mysteries of Masonry. Langdon's friend Peter Solomon has been taken captive, and his captor only wants Langdon to decode all of the Masonic symbols and riddles involved in the search. The other Masons, including Peter, do not want Robert to unveil the Ancient Mysteries. Along with that, Peter's sister Katherine is in danger. Peter's captor does not want Katherine's research on Noetic sciences to become public. Who is this strange captor? Will Robert be able to set Peter free?

Dan Brown has written The Lost Symbol from the viewpoints of many different characters. Each chapter is from someone else's view. Sometimes, the changing viewpoints can get confusing, but it shows how what is occurring in the story affects each character. Brown also ends almost every chapter with a cliffhanger. Obviously, this keeps the reader engaged if the exciting story is not enough.

The main character in this book is Robert Langdon. As a teacher, Langdon sometimes seems out of place in the action-packed scenes, but he only become more interesting to read about. Every character is described in detail, not only physically, but also in how they think and feel.

The Lost Symbol is set in Washington D.C., so some of the monuments mentioned are familiar to readers and thus easier to picture. Those that are not familiar however are adequately described by Dan Brown. The book also puts a new twist on these places with "hidden secrets" in the story.

The places, organizations, and ideas mentioned in the novel are real, so connections can be made to our real world. However, Brown adds fictional story lines to them.

As far as books go, The Lost Symbol is one of the best. I would recommend this book, along with other Dan Brown novels, to anyone. They are exciting and engaging. This book was very long, but The Lost Symbol was not very hard to read.
509 pages