Customer Reviews
Borrows too much from Brown's earlier novels - By: Jimternet, 01 Sep 2010 
The final bookin the Robert Langdon trilogy (one can only hope) tries to jump the shark even more than before. This time Brown ventures too far into the realms of fantasy for my likingin what should be a mystery thriller.
Langdon is caught upin a bizarre & intricate plot to uncover the deepest secrets of the Freemasons, which apparently include ancient mysteries of telekinesis.
Unfortunately, Brown seems only able to replicate what he's done before. Racing around Washington DC is just reminiscent of racing around Paris & Romein the previous novels, & the bad guy is a merger of the earlier albino monk & camerlengo.
My biggest problem though was the focus on pseudoscience & religion. The scientific claims made about kind control are clearly ludicrous, & Brown's idea of the scientific process seems lackingin awareness of key aspects such as collaboration & peer review. His views on religion are condescending & most likely offensive to the relevant believers as well as to me.
Overall, the writing style has improved a little, though the chapters are all about four pages long, which means that as soon as something interesting happensin a scene we cut away. There is also a really annoying tendency to describe a big reveal to one of the characters & peeve the reader hanging, unaware of what it is. Once would be okay, but Brown does it again & again.
My views - By: jimbo, 31 Aug 2010 
Not as enthralling as his two previous books The Da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons, felt it lost pace / interest for a short while, approximately two thirds into the book then picked up again. Howeverin saying that still a worth while read.
Well, it's Dan Brown ... - By: MattyG, 31 Aug 2010 ... so you really should know what you're going to get by now.
If not, well it's more of the same - average writing, & (almost certainly) full of historical inaccuracies, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.
Proper Popcorn reading, & that's not a bad thing.
Not disapointed! - By: Phil H, 31 Aug 2010 Very well written & did not disapoint. it was almost of a similar standard to his previuos novels, perhaps just a notch below! But when they are some of the most read ever the standard must be hard to maintain.
Story flows with some unexpected twists. Recommended.
Dont waste your money - By: Review, 30 Aug 2010 
The worst book I've read. I loved the Da vinci code & even deception point but this was just so bland. The davinci code made me buy his later books which got progressively worse until this one. The lost symbol was the final nailin the coffin. I wont be buying any more Dan brown books which is really sad because had he innovated he could have been a great writer. Maybe I am being too tough? I'm comparing him to literary giants like Steinbeck who created alchemy with words every time.
