Because I Read The Lost Symbol

I finished reading Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. Record for me since it only took me one whole day to finish it. So here are my thoughts. I have to admit, I like The DaVinci Code more. The Lost Symbol had some stuff in there that I understood (including the work Melancholia I by Albrecht Durer since we studied it in Art History and I got excited when I saw it). However, I basically had to read explanations of Masonic ideas and Noetic sciences several times and even then, I haven't the slightest clue what it's all about. I feel that Lost Symbol is a but predictable. Maybe it's because after DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons, the antagonists are pretty much the same type of characters. And also, I cannot believe that a person of Langdon's caliber didn't figure out that a covered stairway is the Washington Monument. I thought it was pretty obvious after all the Washington connections. I also had an inkling that the antagonist would be Zachary Solomon because the antagonist loves to speak of things in a metaphor kind of way and thereby he would refer to death as a metaphor as well. I don't like Katherine Solomon. Maybe because even though she's a very intelligent individual like the other Dan Brown females, Katherine didn't appeal to me. Maybe it's because I can't understand anything that she says when she opens her mouth so I don't feel a connection to her. What I liked was that regardless of how the rituals and ideas seem to defy Christian concepts, the whole book revolves around Christianity since it encompass the secret Word of the Masons.
In hoer news, I started a new novel today: Avalon, Return of King Arthur. It seemed to have a very nice beginnig, but alas, my laptop failed on me. And by fail, I mean will not stat or go past the start up screen. Hence, my shook from the library is now lost in my laptop. Now, if I don't get my laptop back tomorrow, I'm going to go find a physical copy at the libray.