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Summary: Waist of time
Review: The worst part about this book is not that it is really predicitble but that it totally doesn't make sense. REALLY MR. BROWN STOP PATRONIZING US !!!! I think this author is one of the most overrated authors of all times!!!.
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Summary: Good Research, bad romance
Review: I found this book to be well researched, but it was like decorating an abandoned house with fine artwork. Every turn of the page had this combination of exquisite details hanging on the story structure of a harliquin romace. The heroine is supposed to be smart, strong, and beautiful - and yet she is also weak willed, sits at her computer for hours mooning over her boyfriend. She is the leader of a think tank, but cant effectively handle male sexual harrassment with anything other than ineffectual bad humor. She whines, she ignores the obvious clues to problems, and gets pulled along on an adventure that hinges on the very intellegence of her oh-so-convienently intellegent in just the right way handsome boyfriend. Mr. Brown is so focused on her beauty, in fact, that he includes erronious details that have no effect on showing her as an intellegent being at all. He describes her dress, for example: her shirt is white and see through. She wears high heals in one chapter for emphasis on the look of her legs, and suddenly flats when its convienent for her to run. When she is attacked, its not as a threat to her life, but implies a rape waitng to happen aka: skirt bunched up arround her hips, or the wet t-shirt contest he forces upon her by the steam in the belly of the about to explode machine. He forces you to look at her as a sexualized creature, only incidentally indicating she is intellegent, but never actually allowing you to SEE this supposed intellegence. She is a facade. Mr. Browns work research is extremely well done, but I came to his works to read a story, not a harlequin romance. If he intends to write more stories about 'strong' heroines, he needs to learn more about how women, and relationships, work before hanging such a masterpiece of research on such a shoddy structure of a storyline. I do not reccomend reading this.
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Summary: A good read.
Review: I found this book very hard to put down. I didn't emerse myself in the technical details, was purely reading for pleasure and found this a very pleasureable read.
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Summary: More lame fiction from Dan Brown
Review: Some books and authors get a "buzz" and sell a lot. Sometimes this is because the book is good (Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit" or Sebold's "The Lovely Bones" for example), but quite often the book in question just stinks - yet the "buzz" and sales go on. Dan Brown for sure is in this latter category - I have read all 4 of his novels (to date) and they all have HUGE flaws and HUGE plot holes and HUGE gaps of logic. There ARE elements in his stories that are good and the ideas could be turned into a good story, but I am afraid Dan Brown is not up to the task. Where is his editor? Doesn't anyone read these books before they are printed? I guess not. If you think "The DaVinci Code" is REAL, then you will likely enjoy this book. If you smart enough, then stay far, far away.
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Summary: A Total Waste Of Your Tme
Review: I liked the DVC and even better A&D so I bought this one. Don't make the same mistake. One of the worse books I've ever read. Poor character and plot development. Not a thriller--almost every development was unbelievable and worse uninteresting. . I could continue but I think by now you must have gotten my point!
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Summary: Better, Dan. Much better.
Review: There are a lot of people critiquing this book, and being pretty rough on it, if you ask me. (And I can assure you that if you're reading this, you're asking me. So don't say, "Well no one asked you.") Though the writing is still a bit choppy like Brown's other books, The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, I think the quality of his writing is a lot more in depth in this one. The characters are more developed, including the secondary characters like "Hale" and "Midge," and the code in the end makes up for the slow beginning, especially if you're able to figure it out.
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Summary: If you've ever used a computer read something else
Review: Let me first say that I like the techno thriller genre, unfortunatly this is among the worst techno thrillers I've ever read. It is fairly obvious that mr. Brown knows little if anything of computers and most likely writes his books using pen and paper. Nothing he writes rings true, especially regarding computer security, and he also impresses with his ability to get most of his computer-jargon wrong. If you are even a little computer literate you will unfortunatly laugh in all the wrong places reading this book. The book is also rather impressive in that it advertises all its major plot points in mile-high neon signs. The so called plot twists will suprise noone.
Most of all I find myself wondering if mr Brown was trying to write the book as a bad movie script, a movie staring Jean-Claude van Damme and shown only on late-night TV when noone is watching. The movie would probably have charachters that werent as one-dimensional though.
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Summary: A DIFFERENT DAN BROWN BOOK
Review: This is much different than Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. The only common thing is puzzles again. Looks like Dan Brown likes them. This is technology and computer related adventure. For me, never better than Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. But still a good book. But there is nothing different than the other books of this kind.
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Summary: Good Read
Review: This novel was a very interesting look at technology and the cryptogrophy world. The technology described was very interesting, and made me wonder what the government has exaclty. It was a fun book that kept you guessing almost non-stop throughout. The characters were fun to get along with, and the plot very understandable. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun read. It incorporated many fun elements into it. Unfortunatly, it followed standard Dan Brown book type, but it was good enough to overlook that. This book is a must read for anyone who likes a good adventure and technology.
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Summary: Thrilling Ride
Review: This Dan Brown book, in my opinion, was excellent. Even though it followed the basic plot of all Dan Brown books, it was full of twists and turns that kept you reading and guessing until the last page. The adventure from the book was fun and entertaining. It was full of double crosses, mistaken identities, and misunderstood clues. The odd facts about secret government agencies and technology were fascinating and informative. I dare anyone who reads this book not to be entertained by this delightful yarn.
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