I have been reading the lost symbol by Dan Brown. Once again the main character Robert Langdon manage to get in trouble and ends up in a new horrifying and exciting adventure, this time in Washington D.C. Robert Langdon is talked in to giving a lecture in Washington. Once there Robert finds out that his old mentor Peter Solomon from his time in school has been kidnapped. Robert starts to investigate the kidnapping but he ends up being chased by the CIA with an important artefact in his possession. To save Peter Solomon’s life he must take the artefact to the kidnapper.
When I was reading I started to think about all secret societies and places Dan Brown mentions in the book. In this book he especially writes about rituals and other things within the freemasonry. It is very exciting to read because he describes in detail, for example symbols placed in different buildings and monuments in Washington. When you read this you start to wonder if it is all true or something he just makes up. In the book Robert Langdon finds symbols and hidden messages in existing buildings throughout Washington. These symbols are said to exist in reality, is this just a coincident or is there a truth behind all this? There are many questions that pop up in your mind while reading. Maybe he is using conspiracy theories as the base for his books. I on the other hand want to believe that there is a truth behind all this. That there are lost symbols out there to guide you to secret places made by your ancestors. It´s said in the book that only those who manage to crack these codes and symbols are proven worthy a place in the society. If this really is invented after all, he has certainly managed to write it in a very captivating way. Because you really become captured by the book from page one and all the way to the end. Personally this is the sort of book I really like.