The symbol is lost for good.. Review on Lost Symbol, The - Dan Brown

Do not expect it to be yet another Da Vinci Code. It is nowhere near to it. Or for that matter, even Angels & Demons was much impressive than this one.

Robert Langdon (Professor of Symbology) has been coaxed by a strange telephone by Malakh (antagonist) call to Washington D.C. He finds out that his friend Peter Solomon (Freemason) is missing and to save his life he must reveal the secret which he himself doesn't know. As he is unaware of the secret, he seem to be confused all the time and never really show his clever side. Following other characters emerge in the novel to aid and confuse Langdon as well as the readers -

• Katherine Solomon: Peter's sister & Poetic scientist

  
  




• Warren Bellemy: Architect of the Capitol & fellow free mason

  
  




• Inoue Sato: Director of CIA's office of security

  
  




• Rev. Collin Galloway: Dean of Washington National Cathedral & fellow free mason

  
  

Malakh's identity has been revealed step by step throughout the novel.

This novel is about revealing Malakh's identity, Noetic science, repeating the same thing about the ancient secrets. Some of the scenes are really filmy. It lacks heroism of Robert Langdon, instead the villain takes center-stage here which makes it a bad read. What I missed is the intelligent sequence building approach that Dan Brown had used in his earlier books. The mystery level & curiosity factor sucks. It is more of a discourse than revelation.

The chase is neither logical, nor clever. It is like a snakes and ladder game, where the readers find themselves at the same place even after having read the novel. Believe me, you are really not interested to find out this lost symbol. It better remains lost, forever...