Well, we have all waited so very long for the next Robert Langdon adventure, so we put a rush on it and received it from Dymocks Ponsonby (THANKS ANDREW!) the very next day.
We, of course, had already had enquiries and requests, but lucky old me - one of the perks of being in charge is being able to read things first! Yay for me!
I am now 3/4 of the way through this book, and it is pretty much what I expected, but it has taken a bit longer for The Lost Symbol to grab my attention. Don't get me wrong - it's good, I'm enjoying it, but it just doesn't seem to be as gripping as Brown's previous novels. Maybe I'm expecting too much? The storyline is typical Dan Brown, full of clever codes and mysteries... but I keep thinking there is something missing.
Still it seems to be picking up, and I'm still reading - so that's a good sign. I'm hoping when I finish it I will be able to update this blog with an embarrassed change of tune. Watch this space!
Still watching? Great!
I have just this minute (well 5 mins ago) finished The Lost Symbol, and I'm sorry to say my opinion hasn't really changed. The story was picking up (remember I was 3/4 of the way through) a little, and I thought YES! this is the Dan Brown I was waiting for.. and then it sort of mellowed again and kept kind of cruising along. So, no great revelations, no super exciting, heart pounding chase, instead a kind of dignified stroll to the end of the story.
There were definitely some good plot elements, but the story just didn't fly for me...
If Angels & Demons was a 5 out of 5, for me The Lost Symbol was a 3.
