The Lost Symbol- Page 2

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:32pm

Pretty much all I expect from Dan Brown is a gripping page-turner and nothing more. It's the only thing I look for in a suspense writer. I treat Dan Brown the same way I treat John Sandford, Brad Meltzer (who has let me down on more than one occasion), Philip Margolin or Harlan Coben.

[Weez]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 1:12pm

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. :)

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/23/09 at 8:41pm

I find that Dan Brown has a very engrossing style but his novels are over-plotted and the denouement is totally implausible. I've read Brown's 1st three books but will skip this one.

[Craig]

Posted: 9/24/09 at 8:58pm

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.

[liotte]

Posted: 9/26/09 at 12:14am

I didn't care for this one that much. It was ok, but the conversations, especially those towards the end, sounded like lectures rather than people talking with each other.