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Summary: The Best Book I have ever read!
Review: A friend lent me this book one day and thought that I might enjoy it. We were in the middle of moving house, so I never got to read it right away. Anyhow, after the move, I found the book in one of the many box's. I picked up the book and couldn't put it down for the next couple of days! It is brilliant, by far the best novel I have EVER read. I have been trying to get my hands on a copy of it, but can not find it anywhere..... Seems to be out of stock everywhere!!! IT IS A MUST READ for anyone whom enjoys thrillers....
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Summary: real page turner-but overly plotted with disappointing eding
Review: This was my first book that I read by the author. If you are not into the internet,or are a technophobe, than the tech stuff, an important aspect of this thriller, will alienate you from the book. If you are open to learning more about the way internet technology works, you will learn quite a bit (like the way Crichton handles science and story). It is a real page turner initially, and is logical and well plotted up till the last third of the book. However the characters do not ring true, and in his efforts to produce twists upon twists he sacrifices the little credibility these characters possess. However, I admired it in pieces rather than as a whole,it was an ambitious thriller.I must admit I am reading more of his books after reading this one.
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Summary: The Last Frontier
Review: The Blue Nowhere refers to cyberspace--the last true frontier. Deaver's story concerns a cyberspace shootout between codeslinging renegades. "Phate"is the screen name of the brilliant sociopath who uses his hacking skills to play a deadly game of murder. He uses his computer prowess to gather information about his potential victims, and then gains their confidence through "social engineering" which is simply fitting himself into their world and gaining their trust.His opponent is Wyatt (as in Earp) Gillette, a hacker wizard who is furloughed from prison to help the Computer Crimes Unit of the police capture Phate. Gillette is serving time for hacking into the Department of defense computers. His obsession with computers has cost him his wife, who could not compete with his love of machines. Phate and Gillette were cyber friends before Phate turned to the dark side of computer hacking. Gillette and Phate play a game of cat and mouse outwitting and outhacking each other time after time. Twist follows turn in this thriller. Is there a traitor in the police department? Will Wyatt convince his wife to give him another chance? Does Phate have an accomplice? If so, who? I found it hard to believe that a book whose protagonist and antagonist spent most of their time keying away at computers could prove so exciting, but I was wrong, wrong, wrong! It's a great read. The computer information is both fascinating and frightening, and the characters are well drawn and believable. The insight in to the sub culture of hacker "wizards" is compelling. I hated to have the book end. I learned that true hackers have thick calluses on their finger tips from constant keying. They favor foods high in sugar--helps keep them awake for up to 36 hours straight, pounding away at (and sometimes breaking!) their keyboards. Gillette's food of choice is Pop Tarts. I love computers and I love mysteries, so this book couldn't miss. I am hoping Deaver will bring Wyatt Gillette back in a future novel. He's a cool guy.
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Summary: A Great Tale with a Good Look into the Dark Side of the Net
Review: When I'm not writing computer books, I'm reading great mystery stories, especially those with an underlying computer-related theme. This is the best tale about the netherland of the Internet since John Sandford's stories. Great research and accurately told. Where it is off a bit, only the truly criminal would know - not that I would, of course. A great read. I recommend it.
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Summary: I lived in Silicon Valley
Review: I'm not even half way through, and he got me already. I love the book, and everytime I think I've figured it out, he pulls a fast one on me. Deaver write modern Agatha Christie, the bad guy is there, you just have to watch for the clues. I won't be satisfied until I read everything this man has written.
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Summary: An exciting story flawed by lack of research
Review: The Blue Nowhere is another page-turner from Jeff Deaver, and is hard to put down -- when you can get into the story. Unfortunatly, it can be hard to stay immresed in this one, because some of the inaccuracies are so glareinly obvious. Worse than that, the story hinges on one of these -- as someone who types for a living as the author does (assuming that he does not churn out these books with a quill pen!)must know.
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Summary: Interesting look at an unseen world
Review: With this book, Jeffrey Deaver has removed the stigma of "only being able to write a Lincoln Rhyme book". This book quickly captures the imagination of a world few of us understand.....that of the true cyberspace. I found the sections dealing with "the blue nowhere" every bit as enthralling as the murder mystery at hand. A very engrossing read.
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Summary: Amazingly Gripping!
Review: Despite some of the reviews I've read here, I'd like to say that if you like computers and work with them, then definitely read this book!
Obviously, Deaver has done a great job in researching and writing this book. From the first pages I couldnt leave it, I practically finished it in two sittings.
To me the main idea behind the plot is no matter how useful we see computers to be, they can also be a dreadful threat to us and society! Wyatt Gillette who is really the hero at the end, and the killer are almost identical in their backgrounds. But personality differences definitely determine what you're going to do with your knowledge. Computers are our life savers these days, we can hardly go without checking email and browsing through a few sites everyday, but do you ever stop to think how this might be a risk? The Blue Nowhere makes you think about that!
It's a great book. It's very informative for those of you who dont know too much about computers and the software and hardware world.
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Summary: The Blue Nobody
Review: This pretty much sums up Wyatt Gilette's character and unfortunately his personality and never-relieved blue devils are contagious. It's hard for most readers to identify with, and care about, someone who interacts with his fellow humans on an almost exclusive cybernetic basis. THE BLUE NOWHERE moves with the ease and speed of a Cray supercomputer. It seems to be well-researched but it falls far short of its potential. The SILENCE OF THE LAMBS/STORM motif of springing a criminal to catch another doesn't work to good effect and one almost wishes that Gillette would get carted off to prison to make room for someone we DO give a damn about. The obligatory bad guy on the inside dutifully makes his appearance after the obligatory last minute red herring is proven innocent but you come to expect this with Deaver and almost yawn at the prospect of trying to anticipate Deaver. Phate never strikes me as being much more menacing than the prototypical snotty fat guy who works at your local Comp USA and the only difference between Phate and Wyatt is that the latter has a slightly better grasp of reality and more regard for the human lives with which he nonetheless rarely interacts. About the most ingenious and interesting thing about THE BLUE NOWHERE is that the chapter numbers are in binary. If you want to read a great novel about a computer hacker, read or reread William Gibson's classic NEUROMANCER (a book with the best opening line I have ever read). If you want to read a good Deaver book, then wait until the next Lincoln Rhyme thriller THE STONE MONKEY, a series in which Deaver is at his best, obviously because he cares about THOSE characters.
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Summary: Best Cyber-thriller
Review: This is the best cyber-thriller ever written, hands down... This is a very tight plot with MANY twists. It was neat to read about two hackers trying to one-up each other. Deaver is the master of the plot twist, and he doesn't stop until the last pages on this one. The characters are good, and you really feel for Gilette (almost to the point that is feels like he is being punish unjustly for his "crimes"). This one is a must read, especially for anyone with an IT background
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