The Lost Symbol — Page 2

This book contains what is probably my most favouritest line of terrible prose EVER.

"Then, like an oncoming truck, it hit her."

While the book overall was not as hilarious as my least-unfavourite, Digital Fortress, that one line did raise many awesome chuckles from me.

The problem with Dan Brown throwing facts into his books is that I don't trust a single one of them. I'm sure the law of averages means at least one or two must be true, but I just don't know where the line between "actually, this is an interesting fact" and "Dan Brown just made this up 'cos he thought it sounded good/Dan Brown got this fact from a friend and even though it's a lie he put it in his book anyway" is, so every interesting fact I pick up from a Dan Brown book I treat as a scurrilous lie.

I guess it's lucky he went into writing and not being a conman. I mean, yes, he's still conning us out of money, but at least by publishing his works, we're enjoying being conned. :)

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The book (just finished) was an interesting read. It lost momentum and got preachy after the climax to a point where the pages after that dragged. I think the movie (and it's sad to admit) will fix the problems I have with the book.

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