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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I couldnt even finish it. Far cry from angels and demons and davinci code, I couldnt put those down, and read them both in one sitting. ( ) Just started this one. It inspired quite a battle of opinions between my facebook friends so I can't wait to see which side I fall on! Well -- I didn't love it but I didn't COMPLETELY hate it either. I went into it kind of like I'd go into a summer blockbuster movie: expecting to be entertained but not have to use my brain too much. I think that's about what I got. I found it pretty repetitive and pretty annoying (enough with the Ancient Mysteries already) but the puzzles were fun and I was surprised by some things that happened. But for a piece of fluff, it was just fine. I think Dan Brown needs to find something less religious and mystical to write about next. And he needs to lighten up on the physical descriptions. He has tatoos, we know, stop telling me!
In the end, as with “The Da Vinci Code,” there’s no payoff. Brown should stop worrying about unfinished pyramids and worry about unfinished novels. At least Spielberg and Lucas gave us an Ark and swirling, dissolving humans. We don’t get any ancient wisdom that “will profoundly change the world as you know it” — just a lot of New Agey piffle about how we are the gods we’ve been waiting for. (And a father-son struggle for global domination, as though we didn’t get enough of that with the Bushes.) There are moments of excitement in this skilfully edited, deeply implausible thriller. At times the suspense is prolonged rather than sustained, but the 500 pages turn steadily and the overall effect is entertaining and certainly family-friendly. The Lost Symbol is violent but remarkably chaste and devoid of profanity. If you hate Dan Brown, you're going to hate this book. It seems Brown has decided to irk his critics by repeating every flaw he's been accused of. ... No, it's not Foucault's Pendulum. It doesn't even come close. However, if you liked Dan Brown's previous books you're likely to enjoy this one. There is some interesting trivia about the history of Washington, DC which is in fact true, which is an added bonus. It’s true, his style is as baldly prosaic as legend, but there remains a heft to his potboilers that is hard to imitate. He is better at conveying claustrophobia and breathlessness than, say, the explosion of a top-secret lab (“fragments of titanium mesh . . . droplets of melted silicon” etc) but the latter will make a juicier scene come the inevitable Tom Hanks movie, and the author knows this. As a thriller, "The Lost Symbol" is exciting, although readers of "The Da Vinci Code" will notice that some of the same stock characters and creaky plot devices pop up... As District of Columbia resident, I must say that Mr. Brown does a first-rate job of delivering a Cook's tour with duly sinister overtones of Washington's famous sites... It's when Mr. Brown interrupts his storytelling to deliver one of his many lectures on Christian intolerance—with pointed digs at the American religious right—that "The Lost Symbol" becomes a didactic bore. Pertany a aquestes sèriesRobert Langdon (3) Contingut aAngels & Demons / The Da Vinci Code / Deception Point / Digital Fortress / The Lost Symbol de Dan Brown Robert Langdon Series Collection 7 Books Set By Dan Brown (Angels And Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, Origin, Digital Fortress, Deception Point) de Dan Brown Abreujat aTé una guia de referència/complementSecrets of the Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code Sequel de Daniel Burstein Secrets and Practices of the Freemasons: Sacred Mysteries, Rituals and Symbols Revealed de Jean-Louis de Biasi Té un estudiPremisDistincionsLlistes notables
Washington D.C.: Robert Langdon, professor de simbologia de la Universitat de Harvard, vola cap a la capital dels Estats Units per donar una classe magistral al Capitoli. Poc després de la seva arribada, apareix al centre de la Rotonda un objecte amb un missatge desconcertant -xifrat en cinc símbols-. En aquesta enigmàtica inscripció Langdon hi reconeix de seguida una invitació atàvica, una crida misteriosa que prové d'un món esotèric i llunyà.Aquest descobriment coincideix amb el segrest del seu amic i mentor, Peter Solomon, filantrop i membre de la maçoneria. Langdon comprèn que els dos fets estan relacionats i no li queda sinó acceptar el repte de resoldre aquest estrany misteri. És una qüestió de vida o mort. A partir d'aquí, Langdon és arrossegat a una aventura que el portarà cap als túnels, temples i cambres secretes de la ciutat més important dels Estats Units. En poquíssimes hores, tot allò familiar es converteix en un món clandestí i pertorbador els secrets del qual han quedat curosament amagats en un passat de secrets maçònics i revelacions mai vistes que semblen conduir a una veritat impossible i inquietant.Una novel·la trepident carregada d'intriga. Perquè no hi ha secret més extraordinari que aquell que ens descobreix allò que ja teníem a la vista. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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