Lost Symbol: simply lost

I do read. no, really. i do read. despite all my post on movies, n manga... well, manga did have words. I do read. I used to read a lot... but the habit seems to be lost.

Thanks to a colleague, i was able to get hold of Dan Brown not-so-new book, Lost Symbol. After wife finish it, it was my turn to "get lost" the Lost symbol continued the adventure of Robert Langdon.. the similar style.. short chapters for those who had short patients, like yours truly.

story continued in the midst of all the secrets of Mason, the lost word which was buried below Washington n a villian who wanted it so badly. similarly a group of people who wanted the lost stuff to remain lost. now, where had i seen it all before. not a bad read. but for those who had read angels n demons, davinci code, this rather pale. in addition to that, the book did not appeal to me, who had never been to DC. similar flaw ran across his books. the villian always in the begining seemed like a big organization keen on getting their way.... which in the end, turn out to be only a single person, 2 max. the expected twist in the end of the book was sort of hinted heavily too early, like miles away. i actually manage to guess who the bad guy was when they first introduce the character. bad idea, bad idea. He even tried to introduce some controversial ideas... now this is the third book. it may seemed interested in the Davinci code, but by now, sudah lapuk le....

ratings: 2half poink!

comments: good introduction to dan brown's book, but other than that, good leisure read. NOT a must read though.

ps. for someone who supposedly did his research.... he actually compared the 2 space of the ancient temple separated by veil to the "brain" which he quoted consisted of pia, dura mater separated by arachnoid mater..... now that is NOT even the brain... unless he used his meninges to think... check wiki at least