I got the new book by Dan Brown convinced enough to see something like the Da Vinci Code, which by the way the time I was not disappointed at all: a very original plot, references to works of art very well known magazines in a key fictional but somehow believable in the context of a mock-classical fiction, but nevertheless fun.
Unfortunately the last effort of the writer of New Hampshire is a clumsy attempt to stir the clichés that have made his fortune, but without enthusiasm, and the research base that made the code a great thriller.
In this new adventure Robert Langdon is embroiled in a messy affair involving the Freemasons and the CIA, which could be summarized as follows: the famous professor of symbology is randomly around when in a famous public place with his old friend is kidnapped, and is likely to be killed unless you solve a certain number of puzzles. At his side will find a woman, and several prominent personalities of Freemasonry willing to help him, while he is hunted by a mysterious murderess devoted to esoteric practices, and the director of the CIA himself. By changing a few names, and moving the story from Washington to Paris, it is clear how "Lost Symbol" is simply a poorly made copy of the "Code". What makes the characters are poor, two-dimensional, little depth and banal, and the plot, which tries to escape with only a few telefonatissimo twist. Compare Inoue Sato (the director of the CIA) with Bezu "Taurus" Fache (the tough cop who hunted Langdon in the "Code") leads to results very unforgiving, and this applies to most of the characters. The same Langdon, capable of brilliant insights into the "Code", is tarnished and tired in this adventure, unable to react, leaving just drive here and there by lighting supplied by several supporting actors. The last 30 pages are undoubtedly the worst of the whole book, with a final revelation completely disconnected from the rest of the story, and therefore useless.
After years of waiting was reasonable to expect much more for the return of Langdon, a character in which everything all I am attached. And 'certainly good evidence that the plot of the Code was the result of a good dose of luck, and that Dan Brown is really a mediocre writer.
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