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Extremely interesting! I thought that it would be more of a shady conspiracy book, but it turns out that quite a lot is known about the events which occurred. The book is easy to read, throws around a lot of big words every now and then in a lame attempt to appear more intellectual than it is, but in the end, it's a riveting book that all interested people should check out.

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.

Reality, as reflected in this book, and the story told on film were actually quite different. I think that the true stories from the book were far more interesting than those chosen to be shown on film. In this case, people interested in John Nash are doing themselves a tremendous disservice if they skip the book in favour of the film.

This book was absolutely impossible to put down. The stories were extremely bizarre, but they all actually happened. If you find yourself consumed by morbid curiosity every so often, this should satisfy you for a short time.