Books: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Just finished this after an attempt to do so that has dragged on over the last 3 months. Really slow getting into it, OK middle and then really dragged at the end. Is it just me or did the character Robert Langdon become an absolute idiot since his last encounters? Really, I do wonder if he could manage himself out of a paper bag let alone solve the puzzles in the book.
This one is based around the world of Masonic secrets and takes place in Washington DC over a night of intense chasing, puzzle solving, murder, intrigue, surprises etc.
At the end of the day I found this a rather long winded book that seemed to take ages to get exciting, treated Langdon like he was an absolute amateur and took far too long to end. If you haven’t read the book and are planning on doing so, stop reading now as I am about to spoil a surprising section…….I have to admit it was with a sigh of relief and thanks when Langdon’s character didn’t make it out of the water chamber. This was then replaced with utter disappointment when in fact he did “come back from the dead”. What a shame as I have really enjoyed all Dan Brown’s previous books but somewhere along the way he has lost the plot.
Score would be 1.5 out of 5.