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Summary: not his best work
Review: I have already read Browns two better-known books, The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. They did not disappoint - with the exception of the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boy "perfect" heros and heroines, the plots were fascinating and the books were real pageturners.
However, this book was disappointing in that (1)the lead characters were extra-specially gorgeous, perfect and infallible and (2) it seems that the author let his own opinions on the availability of private communication data to the government be known over and over. However I would certainly read him again, though I cannot really recommend this book.
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Summary: COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!!
Review: This book consumed the life of myself and my husband for an entire weekend. Things like cleaning the house and going to the grocery store were put on hold! This was one of the best books I've ever read - read it and then recommend it to everyone you've ever met!
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Summary: The Second Greatest Book
Review: Dan Brown is a gifted artist with a serious talent for writing mystery thrillers. Digital Forfress is a wonderful story which captires the conscious mind in a split second.I urge everyone to read the book and enjoy it. ---Sherry Ann Rollins
Bloomfield College
BA, English-Writing
May 23, 2002
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Summary: "Thriller" genre
Review: I did finish the book but I don't know why.
It reminds me of a "B" movie script that was later novelized by a hack writer.
But tastes differ - if you enjoy the first few chapters then you might enjoy it more than I did.
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Summary: good first effort
Review: I read the Da Vinci code first and Angels and Demons second. Compared to these two outstanding works this first effort is average. Be sure to not judge this writer by this first effort, the two I mentioned earlier are 5+ stars, don't miss them. But if you haven't read this one, you can skip it without too much guilt!
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Summary: A great security/technology thriller...
Review: Since I wasn't able to sleep on my red-eye flight to Orlando, I was able to start (and finish) Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. A very enjoyable read, especially if you're into technology security and encryption. The storyline revolves around the National Security Agency (NSA) and their activities surrounding the monitoring of communication. They are able to break any encryption with the aid of a massive secret computer, and life is good. But when a code appears that can not be broken, all hell breaks loose. The author, a former employee of the NSA, is about to release the code to the highest bidder. The NSA has to stop this from happening so that they will not be locked out of all encrypted data. When the employee is murdered, it gets impossible to tell who is selling out who. Great pacing, believable storyline, and a very good read. If you want a nice techno-escape, this would be a great choice.
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Summary: James Patterson-esque
Review: This book is not bad. Some interesting ideas and twists. However, some concepts are unrealistic and left me saying, "come on...that wouldn't really happen". I did learn a little about US Intelligence, which was nice. That being said, I was really disappointed how close this book was to becoming a love story.
I think one would enjoy this book...just do not expect a masterpiece.
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Summary: Really forces you to suspend disbelief
Review: The book reads well, but it ends there. This novel is another example of authors writing in behaviors for the characters that stretches belief so much that you find yourself wanting to throw the book in the trash before you have to face any further dissapointment. Why is it so difficult to write a novel that contains antagonists and protagonists that at least act in a somewhat realistic manner.
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I liked The Da Vinci Code so much that I figured I would check out Dan Brown's past writing, but this book certainly doesn't live up to the author's latest. There are just too many problems with the plot (see other users reviews, who have detailed them nicely), and his grasp of cryptographic details is just horrible. I found myself wincing whenever he tried to describe anything remotely technological - not because of his writing ability, but rather due to his glaring misunderstandings in his subject. Rereading The Da Vinci code would be a better way to spend an afternoon instead of cracking this open.
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Summary: Da Vinci Code it ain't...
Review: Some time in 2003, Dan Brown became about as popular as J.K. Rowlings -- The Da Vince Code was so well received that a whole bunch of people went out and bought his earlier books, and now Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress and Deception Point are all bestsellers. Hate to admit it, but I'm one of those people who bought into the hype. (Da Vinci Code is his best work, haven't read Deception Point yet, Angels and Demons is pretty gosh-darn good if you can get past some problems in the treatment of physics and ignore the way a simple trick that Microsoft Word Art could probably do is treated as a miracle.) Having read some of Brown's other work, this one just isn't up to the same standards. The suspense isn't as high, the characters aren't as interesting and the research isn't nearly as good. A fact checker who knows even the barest basics of security in general and electronic security specifically could have told Brown that his version of the NSA is less secure than the average Wal-Mart, that encryption just plain doesn't work the way he thinks it does, that in the age of commercial satellite imaging the government wouldn't put its most sensitive assets under a glass dome, that such a glass dome wouldn't be atomic-bomb-proof, that changing a file on a web site doesn't help much when thousands of people have already downloaded it, etc., etc... If you can suspend disbelief and get past all that, it's probably a pretty good suspense thriller, but the errors in the details distract me from enjoying the book.
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