# Spoil The Lost Symbol for me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-lost-symbol-for-me/510282>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 16, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-lost-symbol-for-me/510282 "2009-09-16T04:42:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Telcontar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-lost-symbol-for-me/510282/1 "2009-09-16T04:42:52Z")

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Okay, I tried reading it. Didn’t spend money on it, of course, just sat in a book store. It was…horrible? Unreadable? Full of bad history and worse science? I just couldn’t take it.

So, someone got a summary? Critique? Anything?

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**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-lost-symbol-for-me/510282/2 "2009-09-16T10:13:19Z")

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Here is one review: [http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan\_brown/](http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/)

Don’t think I will bother reading this thing though.

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**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-the-lost-symbol-for-me/510282/3 "2009-09-16T10:46:26Z")

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Great review, it reminded me why I will never read another Dan Brown book.

Personally, even if they were giving them away free, I wouldn’t bother.