Got my copy and finished it.
"Amazing...Impossible to put down." Hails Janet Maslin from The New York Times. She's not alone.
I was hooked at the end of the first paragraph of the Da Vinci Code. The Lost Symbol took less than a paragraph — the first sentence grabbed me immediately. Terse, edgy. Something else entirely....
The first night I read until I almost passed out. I averaged about 4 hours of sleep each night. She's right. Impossible to put down.
The lost symbol is a secret word that unlocks ancient knowledge that's so potent, it's the apotheosis of man, giving one unimaginable powers.
Each page opens doors to ancient mysteries and symbolisms, mysticisms, alchemy, magic squares, cosmic consciousness and noetics (yeah, never heard of that either until I read the book). With a world of knowledge so vast and far-reaching, breathtaking chases are deftly matched by exciting intellectual pursuits.
The book delves into ancient origins of things hidden in plain sight to reveal layers upon layers of symbolic, transformative meanings. This makes The Lost Symbol an even greater thriller — the knowledge and wisdom one can learn from it is totally thrilling. And that, I realized, is why Janet Maslin finds the book so amazing.
From a scale of 1 to 10, I'll give it aya........33.
