The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
It seems that I just might have got back my knack of reading after years… or maybe I just picked the right books back from india this time.. Or maybe the lack of any social life and lack of watchable tv channels and boredom of youtube did it for me!
Again, having read all other 4 books of Dan browns and most of them more than once… I wasn't even aware that he had a new book in the market over a year ago. While I was shopping back in bangalore, I stopped by a book mandi right on the pavement next to bangalore central and was looking at the books, unimpressed when the guy decided to reveal his gem stone. From a small stack next to a tree, he removed a freshly xeroxed book. He had that glint in his eye as though he was passing on a ancient preserved gem stone worth millions. He showed me the book, and I was almost skeptical this was a spoof, not a real Dan Brown book. However, considering the rate, I thought it was worth a lot more than the price to me if it did turn out to be a real Dan Brown book. Having almost lost the art of bargaining, I decided to repolish those skills and got the book even cheaper than quoted 200 rupees.
Anyways, enough about HOW I got the book… Guess out of all his books I have liked only 3 of them, which actually have somewhat Original plots, those being Deception Point, Digital fortress and Da vinci code. To be honest, it seems 3 of his books, Angels and demons, Da vinci code and The lost symbol would have 70% of the text the same. The plots are sooooo similar, it's actually disappointing. Worse, it's based in DC! Almost like someone back in the U.S of A paid him a couple million dollars to glorify DC! There are constant references to monuments in DC being compared to those in the rest of the world / europe etc and that makes it sound even more pathetic.
The thing I really like about this novel is references to real latest breakthroughs in science like string theory etc, makes it sound a lot more believable. Although the ending wasn't at all impressive (nothing to compare with Da Vinci Code)… I guess he plotted out all the places he would write about before he plotted out the actual story. I guess even with all these flaws, it's still been one of the more interesting and engaging books I have read. Atleast it maintained enough thrill to make me finish the book within a week… In all I would still recommend this book.
Next stop: twilight seris… A teammate of mine actually recommended these books. Lets see how it goes!
Again, having read all other 4 books of Dan browns and most of them more than once… I wasn't even aware that he had a new book in the market over a year ago. While I was shopping back in bangalore, I stopped by a book mandi right on the pavement next to bangalore central and was looking at the books, unimpressed when the guy decided to reveal his gem stone. From a small stack next to a tree, he removed a freshly xeroxed book. He had that glint in his eye as though he was passing on a ancient preserved gem stone worth millions. He showed me the book, and I was almost skeptical this was a spoof, not a real Dan Brown book. However, considering the rate, I thought it was worth a lot more than the price to me if it did turn out to be a real Dan Brown book. Having almost lost the art of bargaining, I decided to repolish those skills and got the book even cheaper than quoted 200 rupees.
Anyways, enough about HOW I got the book… Guess out of all his books I have liked only 3 of them, which actually have somewhat Original plots, those being Deception Point, Digital fortress and Da vinci code. To be honest, it seems 3 of his books, Angels and demons, Da vinci code and The lost symbol would have 70% of the text the same. The plots are sooooo similar, it's actually disappointing. Worse, it's based in DC! Almost like someone back in the U.S of A paid him a couple million dollars to glorify DC! There are constant references to monuments in DC being compared to those in the rest of the world / europe etc and that makes it sound even more pathetic.
The thing I really like about this novel is references to real latest breakthroughs in science like string theory etc, makes it sound a lot more believable. Although the ending wasn't at all impressive (nothing to compare with Da Vinci Code)… I guess he plotted out all the places he would write about before he plotted out the actual story. I guess even with all these flaws, it's still been one of the more interesting and engaging books I have read. Atleast it maintained enough thrill to make me finish the book within a week… In all I would still recommend this book.
Next stop: twilight seris… A teammate of mine actually recommended these books. Lets see how it goes!