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Summary: cliched heroine
Review: I could repeat what many have already said about how interesting and thrilling this novel is, but that would be repetative. I will simply say that I gave it less than a perfect review because Brown did the same thing so many authors do..made the female beautiful like that is a prerequisite for being brilliant. Just Once I wish an author would trust his/her audience to judge a character on their depth and not have to make then "Eye turning" beautiful. It is such a cliche and hurts every book that contains this stock female character. How many booms ahve you read where the female co-star walks into a restaurant and all eyes turn to gawk at her beauty. Enough already!
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Summary: Pretty Good...although...
Review: ...Delta Force (who plays a big role in the book) was not really used in an accurate way. For one thing they would not keep messing up their missions like they did in the book. I read a book by Eric Haney (that is very good) called Inside Delta Force. Eric Haney is a founding member of Delta Force, and after reading Haney's book I found it very hard to believe that Delta Force would behave the way they did out on the ice flow or when they targeted the ship (later on in the book). Dan Brown kind of makes them look a little stupid leaving his main characters a chance to escape in a James Bond type of way. I would also find it hard to believe that Delta Force would be used to target innocent people (I guess that could be another debate). I think that the book could have come off better if the bad guys were someone else other than Delta Force (maybe like some I.R.S. agents... just kidding)... Other times the characters would really be in trouble, and of course something really convenient would happen to give them a chance to escape, or they just acted in the nick of time.... In any event, the book does move fast, and it has some really interesting parts. I have read the Da Vinci Code which was just ok (some of the factual information in that book was really stretched, and in some cases not true at all), but I still plan to read all of his books. Even though I might have problems with his books here and there they seem to move fast and are good at holding the reader's attention.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is a fast paced unpredictable great book. I never expected what would happen next and it took me no time to read this book since you can't put it down. I would reccommend this to anyone. And don't listen to the person who gave it 1 star. He said he only read the first 5 pages. How can you rate a 500 page book by the first 5 pages? And the book isn't even that politacal. It is very action adventure which that person would have seen had they read the book before writing a review.
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Summary: A Good Read, But somewhat Disappointed by Ending
Review: Thought it well written, well plotted, even probable based on my own knowledge of the mysterious workings of Federal agencies.But the denouement was quirky. The "Controllers" ultimate identity made no sense to me and was a total non-sequiteur to "Controller" characterization by author and his motivation was murkey as the Trench. I do recommend the book. However, it is not the page turner, can't put it down that the Demons & Angels book was. Perhaps a small bone to pick is the Author's very stilted and unauthentic dialogue between his male and female leads in the "personal attraction/interaction" arena. It is a jarring note in the otherwise good writing. Totally unbelievable to me and very "junior high-school" kinda stuff. This was true in the 2 books so far I've read. In my opinion the male/female chemistry thing could be left out without damaging the story line at all. It seems very forced and contrived the way it is offerred in the storyline. Also am going to read the DaVinci Code with hope in my heart as I think Mr. Brown is a good writer in most all ways that I judge that to be so.
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Summary: This is one of the best books I've read
Review: It's been quite some time since I've read a book as tight, exciting, and twisty as Deception Point. I think the last author to bowl me over so quickly was Dean Koontz (his early years, not now). This novel has just about everything you need for a stay-up-all-night read and absolutely nothing you don't need. It's very well-paced, and I swear this is one of the hardest books to put down. Until I read his debut novel, Digital Fortress, and was bowled over again by this new author. He just has a knack for getting you hooked right from the start and not weighing you down with a lot of character development until you're ready. And by this I mean he doesn't spend the first 50-100 pages introducing the main players and boring the socks off of you like a lot of authors do now. He gradually unveils each character over the course of the novel, so like in real life, you get to know them over a period of time. Dan Brown reminds me so much of when Koontz used to write like this, but now all his books are all about the character, and the action, plot, and narrative are secondary. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for character development, but I simply can't remember all there is to know about a person when 50 pages are devoted to them back to back. Just doesn't work, at least for me. So, read the plot outline above, and if sounds like a genre that will appeal to you, give it a go. I will say that Dan Brown can take the most complicated subject matter and boil it down into something completely understandable. And when I look up some of the things he writes about, I find that all his plot devices are based in fact. How refreshing! So when his prologue or author's note says such-and-such are real places and/or devices, believe him. This is one author who does his homework, and the reader is the beneficiary of all this knowledge. You will walk away from his books feeling completely refreshed, not ripped off, and ready to find his next little gem tucked away somewhere on Amazon!
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Summary: Already predictable...
Review: I try to avoid reading novels that are even remotely political. Why? Becuase almost to the person, an author will describe a Republican as either a dumb huckster, or a malicious, conniving, sneaky, self serving jerk. I decided to try an author, new to me, whose reviews are good. I encounter this stereotype within the first five pages. Ahh, all is fiction. The mindset is immediately predictable. I will try to read this book already knowing the evil that lurks behind the character of Sinister Senator Sedgewick Sexton. He's the REPUBLICAN primary winner. And his political persuasion just had to be pointed out.
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Summary: too implausible
Review: I read this book because 'The Da Vinci Code' wasn't available at my library and I wanted to read something by this author. The book was okay...but not great. The plot moved along almost too quickly, with everything happening just in the nick of time. I didn't like the numerous short chapters, and there was too much foreshadowing for my liking. The plot was too far-fetched and I was actually happy to finish the book!
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Summary: Best Dan Brown book yet...
Review: Deception Point is fast-paced, and hard to put down. Plot twists are surprising. Characters are well defined, as far as they go. This story would have gotten a five star rating but for its contradiciton of keeping NASA under government control. 'Government science' is a contradiction in terms. Force and Mind are opposites. Still, this was a great read. Worth your time.
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Summary: Thriller in the frozen tundra.
Review: Dan Brown has written another fast-paced, intellectual thriller, one in which deception, politics, and secrecy all combine to sweep the reader along. It retains the suspense of Robert Ludlum "The Paris Option" with the build up found in Britt Gillette's "Conquest of Paradise". From the Arctic ice shelf to the political rat race of Washington, DC, the plot twists and turns as the protagonists (and the reader) learn more and more about a plot that becomes more and more believable. This is not a traditional formulaic thriller. Brown's book is hard to put down, as the reader becomes more and more involved in the action. A definite must read.
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Summary: An Unputdownable Hit From the Master of Suspense-Thrillers!
Review: "Deception Point" opens in Washington, DC, during a tight Presidential campaign. The incumbent, a man of strong principles, is a major NASA supporter. His opponent, who is basing his campaign on turning NASA into a private, non-governmental agency, thus saving the US taxpayer billions of dollars annually, is way up in the polls. He is also accepting enormous illegal campaign contributions from private aerospace companies who have billions to gain from the privatization of NASA. After many failures & much spending, NASA is badly in need of a success. Then a NASA satellite detects a large, high-density rock buried 200 feet below the Milne Ice Shelf on Ellesmere Island, high in the Arctic Circle. NASA scientists determine the rock to be a meteor containing fossils proving that life exists elsewhere in the universe. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House sends a team of independent experts to the NASA habisphere, built over the meteor in the Arctic Circle. One of these experts is the intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton, the daughter of Senator Sedgewick Sexton. Senator Sexton is the man running for election against the President of the United States. The plot thickens. Rachel, while in the Arctic, uncovers what could be scientific trickery - an incredible deception that could cause political and scientific upheaval and cost the President his bid for re-election. When she & her colleagues attempt to investigate further, they are plunged into life threatening danger. To escape assassination they flee for their lives. Their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this extraordinary plot and expose the truth. Dan Brown has proven to be one of the top writers in the suspense-thriller genre. The originality of his plots, his amazingly accurate research, and his ability to catch the reader's interest from the get-go and hold it until the last word in the last sentence of the last page, make him an exceptional author. Plus, after completing each of Dan Brown's books, the reader usually comes away from the experience having learned much more than a storyline. I loved "Deception Point" - couldn't put it down. I also highly recommend "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons."
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