R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 10/15/2010 + 1438 more book reviews

After putting off reading Dan Brown's work for a long time, I found a copy of The Lost Symbol at the thrift store and decided to read it. I'm glad I did. Dan's writing flows so well and while the little chapters were at first unsettling, I found that the technique made the pages fly. Before I knew it I was at the end of the book - 509 pages in just one day. The story is complex, interesting and quite enjoyable. The key characters are Katherine and Peter Solomon, Robert Langdon, and Mal'akh. Masonic rituals and ideals thread throughout the story as does mysticism, and religions of the world. The first three characters are highly intelligent people who dedicate their lives to research, helping others and teaching. Mal'akh is the enemy who threatens their lives. This book gives one so much food for thought that I felt I should read the Bible again, read Ben Franklin and Isaac Newton's works about religion and study not only religions of the world but also how the mind works. Good read!

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