The Secret of Secrets: A Novel (Robert Langdon)

I love a good Dan Brown book!!

I have read Dan Brown for quite a while and usually enjoy his thrillers. I found this book took a while to get engaged with, but once I reached a certain point, the narrative sped up. The main story takes place over a twelve hour time frame, which did contribute to the mostly rapid plot line. But the technical explanations were just a bit of overload and, in my opinion, the book could have ended, only to have additional actions that did not really contribute to the story. This book took me at least sixty days to read and I usually read four books each month. If it had not been my book club’s selection, I would have put it down by page 60. I am glad I stuck with it and I am sure it will make a good movie, but I am not sure I would ever read again.

I really enjoyed the storyline but there were several areas of the book that just dragged mostly because the author over explained a lot of the more scientific information relating to the characters and their jobs.

A good Robert Langdon adventure. The ending seemed to go on forever. At times it felt there was a lot of detail that didn't go anywhere.

Robert Langston is looking for his close friend, Katherine Solomon who has vanished from Prague hotel after giving a lecture. She had a dream that seemed to have been precognition and predicted seeing an old hag, dressed in black with a halo and a spear foretelling an explosion All copies of her unpublished manuscript are missing. There's a Golem on the loose wandering the streets but also blending in with other costumed people. This is another mystery to be solved by the famous symbologist.

I have like other books by Dan Brown and I'm giving this a try, but must admit, it did not draw me in and is a little "out there" with magical elements. DNF