The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) - The Library of the Uncommons

No cover — Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) (2010)

639 pages

Published Nov. 3, 2010

(2 reviews)

The Lost Symbol is a 2009 novel written by American writer Dan Brown. It is a thriller set in Washington, D.C., after the events of The Da Vinci Code, and relies on Freemasonry for both its recurring theme and its major characters.Released on September 15, 2009, it is the third Brown novel to involve the character of Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon, following 2000's Angels & Demons and 2003's The Da Vinci Code. It had a first printing of 6.5 million (5 million in North America, 1.5 million in the UK), the largest in Doubleday history. On its first day the book sold one million in hardcover and e-book versions in the U.S., the UK and Canada, making it the fastest selling adult novel in history. It was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for the first six weeks of its release, and …

The Lost Symbol is a 2009 novel written by American writer Dan Brown. It is a thriller set in Washington, D.C., after the events of The Da Vinci Code, and relies on Freemasonry for both its recurring theme and its major characters.Released on September 15, 2009, it is the third Brown novel to involve the character of Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon, following 2000's Angels & Demons and 2003's The Da Vinci Code. It had a first printing of 6.5 million (5 million in North America, 1.5 million in the UK), the largest in Doubleday history. On its first day the book sold one million in hardcover and e-book versions in the U.S., the UK and Canada, making it the fastest selling adult novel in history. It was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction for the first six weeks of its release, and remained on the list for 29 weeks. As of January 2013, there were 30 million copies in print worldwide.

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JohnnyCache reviewed The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) by Dan Brown

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I managed to stumble upon Angels and Demons just after it was released and couldn't wait for the Da Vinci Code, which was all that I was hoping for and more. My expectations were high for The Lost Symbol. Unfortunately, it was so bad that I don't think I'll ever bother with another Dan Brown book again. There are so many other writers out there that have better ideas (all Dan Brown books follow the same formula - Deception Point is basically Digital Fortress is basically Angels and Demons).

He really should have stopped at The Da Vinci Code and become a legend.

I really don't know why I'm so negative on Dan Brown now. It's really unfortunate. Maybe I should go read The Da Vinci Code again and remember why I fell in love with that book...

EDIT: I've been thinking about this since writing the review. The book's …

I managed to stumble upon Angels and Demons just after it was released and couldn't wait for the Da Vinci Code, which was all that I was hoping for and more. My expectations were high for The Lost Symbol. Unfortunately, it was so bad that I don't think I'll ever bother with another Dan Brown book again. There are so many other writers out there that have better ideas (all Dan Brown books follow the same formula - Deception Point is basically Digital Fortress is basically Angels and Demons).

He really should have stopped at The Da Vinci Code and become a legend.

I really don't know why I'm so negative on Dan Brown now. It's really unfortunate. Maybe I should go read The Da Vinci Code again and remember why I fell in love with that book...

EDIT: I've been thinking about this since writing the review. The book's formula is virtually identical to all other Dan Brown books (pretty much a carbon copy of Da Vinci Code), but it's just missing whatever the spark was that propelled the Da Vinci Code to its extreme popularity.

Tristan Louis

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May 13, 2015