The Lost Symbol/YMMV


 * Complete Monster: Mal'akh walks somewhere between this and a Magnificent Bastard.
 * Ending Fatigue: The book reaches its big reveal, then subjects the reader to several additional chapters of dull exposition.
 * Like You Would Really Do It:
 * Nightmare Fuel: It's bad enough that Mal'akh
 * Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Dan Brown seems to have learned several lessons from critics of The Da Vinci Code and taken them to heart.
 * The Untwist: The apparent Big Bad, rather than Since this goes against the convention established in every single one of his previous books, this also counts as a Meta Twist.