“Awesome…Oh my god” – I blurted out and heaved a sigh as I read the 3rd line from bottom of the page no. 588 on left (Those who are good catcher will always know that 588 page never comes on right:)).
~15 days back,
Having had incidental read of other exceedingly captivating works of Dan Browne namely Da Vinci Code, Deception Point and Digital Fortress, I couldn’t resist borrowing “The Lost Symbol” - latest of Dan Browne from Shruti. What I discern about was – at least I’ll make her buy of 299 Rs worth ;) :)
Reading has imparted big chunk of my years and this was another pulling off after a long time. The day I had book on my hand, I was agitated to again travel through journey of the matchless secrets and wisdom that must been depicted in the 600+ pages. Every chapter of Dan’s work starts with tangibly exceptional details of front ambiance entrance of chapter matter and ends with looking forward charm – I knew from past read.
My Words on The Lost Symbol
Absolutely, The Lost Symbol also begins with tongue-tied details of ritual parts and query-some methods where reader gets wrapped up with book right from the first paragraph. The day I commenced in morning, evening was completion of 29th chapter. I will say – As expected:). Every page of ”The Lost symbol” brings up informative gain, thrill, anticipations and needless to say - strong vocabulary exercise :)
Mediocre chapters of the book were around 40th to 60th – which is more about the involvement of new characters, past of characters, different experimental write ups and history on historical symbols (those who reads for knowledge may found eventually interesting). But nonetheless, it never looses the momentum while going on the way.
I affirmly don’t recall the exact chapter no. when Langdon and Kathrine gets involved in the symbolic journey together, but that’s when I evoke that speed of turning up and moving forward was at max ~2-3 Minutes/page. Breathless – I must mention from 60th onwards up to 120th chapter excluding 3-4 breakpoint chapters. The escape from attacks, decryption of symbols and codes, smart clarifications and revelations of each and every secrets unveiled initially etc, consumes reader totally IN - “Absorbed and engaged” every chapter by chapter. Besides, dark side elucidation is stupendous.
Normally Langdon – The lead character of the Dan mystically works on revealing secrets and keeps every reader engrossed in parallel with running time(which is true for this book also) – but this time It’s “Malakh” the Powerful villain of the story who wins the bowl in captivating you. The way he’s been scribbled though out the Journey – is awful. One can’t imagine “off-putting” character than him. Intensely - terrible, dreadful and villainous.
Heart of the Book
Starting from 120 to 133(the last chapter of the book) – covers the actual connotation and significance of the book. Worthless it is reading 1 to 120 chapters if you may not literally eat these 13 chapters forever with HAJMOLA digestion tablets. Simplistic wisdom of ages have been covered in last ~30-35 pages. I must mention- there was intense comparison and connection I could apply with my pre read “The Conversation with God”
Final Verdict
Knowledge: 10/10,
Thrill: 7.5/10,
Language: 8.5/10,
Overall Read: 8/10.
Good Read!
As I said smartest secret lies on page 588 but the fortunate readers will not want to miss the 587 pages before revelation. Will they?
I just returned the borrowed “The Lost Symbol” and now waiting for another master piece of Dan Brown :)
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