The Lost Symbol

Hi all :)

now, I'm trying to give my very own comment to this novel, The Lost Symbol.

Here's the synopsis :

"Robert Langdon is summoned to give a lecture in National Statuary Hall at the United States Capitol, with the invitation apparently from his mentor, a 33rd degree Masonnamed Peter Solomon, who is the head of the Smithsonian Institution. However, when Langdon arrives at the Capitol, instead of an audience for his lecture, he finds the severed right hand of Peter Solomon tattooed into a symbolic Hand of the Mysteries, and pointing straight upwards to the fresco The Apotheosis of Washington on the inside of the Capitol dome. Solomon has been kidnapped by the villain Mal'akh, who demands that Langdon unlock the Ancient Mysteries in return for Solomon's life."

I said "Man.. what a big, thick novel" for the first time. But, if you try to read this novel, you'll forget how many pages will you read to complete this book (if you love thriller genre).

The story is okay, I think it's good. What makes this book become special is the 'maze' that Dan Brown's made is wonderful. It'll allow you to guessing what will coming up next, what's the connection for the next event, not just that, I really like the 'noetic science' that this book tells, even though it's not the main problem.

The description of the events, places in this book is great,

and about the story, it's about mason and takes places over 12 hours in washington DC.

The title 'The Lost Symbol' is the masonist lost symbol.

If you a thriller lover, you must read this novel. ;)

RATE :

9.5 / 10

THE ALCHEMYST : The Secrets of THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL

The first comment when I saw this book was, "wow, what a unique cover for a novel".

As you can see, the cover make that novel looks like a magic book or whatever.

Because of my curiousness, I buy that novel and start to read.

The novel is about 500+ pages.

I spend about 7 hours total to complete this book.

Here's the synopsis :

"He holds the secret that can end the world.

The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life.

The records show that he died in 1418.

But his tomb is empty.

The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects — the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it.

Sometimes legends are true.

And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time."

My comment :

It's brilliant!!

Even though nothing special about the writing style,

I love the story, it's fantasy story in the modern age. I was surprised when the antagonist character using handphone to contact one of the goddess.

On the other hand, the writer explain the process of magic. This is awesome, unlike the other fantasy novel, this novel bring many mythology creature to our world, and show the connections of the other world like yggdrasil tree to our world.

If you read the synopsis up there, some of the characters in this book is real, like Nicholas Flamel, Perenelle Flamel, Dr. John Dee and many others. This brings a different sensation for a fantasy story like this.

RATE :

9 /10

Warming Up

Hello world!!

I'd like to introduce myself before I start to write something here,

my name is Randy Budi Wicaksono, and I'm Indonesian.

Why "Manusia Statis" ?

Well, you know, "Manusia" is an indonesian word, that means human, person or something like that, and "Statis" means static in english.

I use those words because it's my nickname in campus. Well, not too important though -_-".

The reason why I write in english not indonesia, because I wanna practice my english you know, because I rarely use english here :( .

Well, I think that's enough for the introduction

and first of all, sorry if my english is bad :p.