Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

12 reviews

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Torture

bmassaroti's review against another edition

Triggered me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

jessisangle's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

peachani's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse and Abandonment

gail_dancer's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Another gem from my new favourite author Dan Brown. Intricate plot twists leave the reader riveted until the end. Enemies and heroes are never as clear cut as they seem in Browns books. Can’t wait to read the next instalment on the adventures of Robert Langdon 4.75 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

marianneiriss's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicide, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Medical content, and Cursing

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Out of the 3 books i've read so far, this is my 2nd favourite.

I loved the codebreaking side of the story and the little mysteries throughout the book. Again, like in ANGELS AND DEMONS, I didn't care for the religion elements.

There are 2 books left in this series but I feel like I may be getting bored of these books. I may have to take a break before picking up the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Transphobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Torture

lilybuddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Oh jeez. I started this book for the 3rd time because I never understood it well and I hoped the new TV series would give me some handholds. It did! But the book is very different than the show. And quite a bit longer. With a lot of explanations. And more explanations. And expositions. Sometimes multiple times about the same thing.

Sometimes I just skipped entire paragraph because Langdon was waxing poetic about a building that didn't matter for the plot.

I get now why I could hardly follow it the first 2 times. I could barely follow it now. The story gets buried beneath the author's apparent need to prove how much research he did, which is an impressive amount, it has to be said. 

All in all, I'm glad I read it again but I'm less enthused than I thought I'd be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

emmiekay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It was a great easy read. The beginning did feel like the author was trying to become a Mason by kissing ass. The main character comes across so dumb it doesn't make sense why Peter Solomon thought he would be fit for solving the mystery. Katherine was the true hero and honestly the book would have been 4 stars if she was the protagonist. But overall I enjoyed it, the ending has stuck with me for a while awarding it 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence