![]() He seems incapable of putting his famed intellect to use during the novel, and is relegated to responding to ANY question or situation with a bewildered, “What?!” Now before you ask, yes, the “?!” is actually used in the novel at least two or three times per chapter (there are 133 chapters…you do the math). In THE LOST SYMBOL, Langdon in his third “adventure” has managed to become dense and narrow-minded. He marveled us with his professorial skills in, what we consider the only enjoyable Langdon book, ANGELS & DEMONS. Everything is exactly as it seems, because this is the same plot at ANGELS & DEMONS and THE DA VINCI CODE. What they discover will change EVERYTHING! Nothing is as it seems… Following a train of interweaving clues about the Freemasons, Langdon is joined by his lovely companion Kathleen as they chase–or are they chased by?–the eeeeeevil Mal’akh. See, Langdon goes to a famous national building, and receives a cryptic phone call about how he needs to solve a mystery that only LANGDON can solve! He then discovers a bloody clue in the middle of the building. From DIGITAL FORTRESS to the newly printed THE LOST SYMBOL, Dan Brown manages to do one thing with remarkable consistency:ĭon’t worry, this novel is totally different from the prior two Langdon novels. ![]() It was also a really poorly written novel. It sold a bajillion copies, and forced the whole “Religious Conspiracy” sub-genre into focus. Six years ago, Dan Brown caused all sorts of controversy with his novel THE DA VINCI CODE. Without them, we would have mistaken this book for a slush-pile reject.) Excruciating…that is the word of choice to explain Dan Brown’s latest “novel.” (Dear Dan Brown: Thank you for kindly putting the words, “A Novel” on the front cover of your book. That’s what reading THE LOST SYMBOL is like. And the feeling that is the perfect mix of annoyance and impatience burns in you. You crack your knuckles again, even though you just cracked them two minutes earlier. We mean the feeling when you are reading a novel, watching a movie, or playing a video game and you get SO impatient for it to move along. But there just doesn't seem to be the kind of enthusiasm from the streamer or audiences needed to make that happen.Have you ever had that burning sensation in your chest? No, not heart-burn. Another network could swoop in to save the series, or Peacock could reverse course and greenlight another adventure for Langdon. With all that in mind, is it still possible that "The Lost Symbol" will continue? Based on where things stand at the time of writing, the answer seems to be that it is possible, but not probable. As of now, there doesn't appear to be a similar campaign for "The Lost Symbol." When "Manifest" was canceled, there was a huge response from fans of the series on social media to try and get another network or streamer to revive the show. And while "The Lost Symbol" surely has its fans, it doesn't appear that they are mobilizing in the aftermath of its cancelation. Plenty of shows go on to have multiple seasons despite not being loved by critics, but when we look over at the audience score for the series, we can see that, at the time of writing, it is also at a measly 53%. On Rotten Tomatoes, "The Lost Symbol" has a mediocre 54% critic's score.
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