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So yeah, new Dan Brown book. I picked it up from Tesco for six quid about two weeks ago and have just about made it half way through. At first it was un-put-down-able, but the more you read through it, the less interested I’ve become in reaching the end.

In my opinion, Brown’s previous books have always prided themselves in the narrative technique of, essentially, setting up a scene where we don’t know what the fuck is happening, to then explaining what the audience wants to know. ‘The Lost Symbol’ stays true to this structure, but this time - even after 250 pages - Brown is still setting up the initial problem/situation making the reader ask more questions than answering any of the ones they were asking 10 chapters ago. An example: ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (off the top of my head) had 7 characters vital to the plot of the novel. ‘The Lost Symbol’ has spoken in as much detail within the first half of the plot over 11 characters.

I’m going to finish it, because at the moment I have no work whatsoever to do at University. But it’s now becoming more a chore than a pleasure to read.