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Summary: Another 5 *'s for Dan Brown
Review: Digital Fortress was Dan Brown's first book, but I read backwards from DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons to get to it.
It's totally different from the last two books and just as good.The National Security Agency has a secret...no big surprise except that it's about to be revealed that they have a super computer that can break any code...until they are threatened with a new computer that will enable anyone on the internet to access and break all codes. It's a story of power and betrayal and using people who believe in their mission to betray that mission. Digital Fortress is a fascinating way to learn more than this reader knew about cryptography,and the suspense makes it a page turner to the end.
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Summary: Fast Moving
Review: I'm always surprised to find typographical and/or spelling errors in a mass market paperback. It changes how I ultimately judge a book.
Digital Fortress was a very fast read. I like the short chapters and the simplicity with which the author moves from character to character and in and out of settings.
I'm not a techie but I am an experienced computer user; however, I didn't quite grasp some of the computer jargon. In some cases the simplicity is taken too far....'oh yes, and by the way, he's dead.'
Comic relief, "Captain, she's gonna blow!"
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Summary: 3 out of 4 isn't bad
Review: After devouring all four of Dan's books, this is the only one that I didn't like. In the middle of the book I had a tremendous desire to throw the book away - I wish I had. Way too predictable and dialogue just not up to par. Read the other three. Can't wait for his next book.
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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: This is probably in my top 3 list of books I love. I never wanted to stop reading, each page was filled with excitement and thrills. Although some characters were a little dumb at points it is still an excellent and I reccomend it to everybody.
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Summary: Outstanding Book
Review: After reading his other three books I had to give this a try. Very enjoyable, very fast paced. Looks like this would be a perfect screenplay...
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Summary: Digital Fortress
Review: I truly enjoyed the da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and thought Digital Fortress would be as good. I was disappointed, however, because of the lack of character development. The main characters seemed remarkably similar to those in da Vinci Code without the same depth. The plot is good, but not a page turner. Lastly, the "villians" were "lack luster." It seems that Brown used more foul language and seediness to make up for real content and excitement. I was so disappointed I didn't even finish the book.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: Great book - Ignore the reviews from the folks who spend more time analyzing the minutia of the book than actually reading it and enjoying it. It's a good book to read and enjoy, finished it in 24 hours.
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Summary: A page turner, but not up to par
Review: Unfortunately for "Digital Fortress", I heard about Dan Brown from his two most recent blockbusters, "Angels & Demons" and "Da Vinci Code", and thus I read those two before I picked up "Digital Fortress". I believe if I had read his older work first, I would have been more happy with it, and even more excited when I saw the growth into his most recent works. The story was entertaining, and dabbled in topics with which I am familiar (security and privacy). This made me tear through it, but it required some major suspension of disbelief on my part. His liberal use of invented computer science, along with five-year-old technologies and ideas was less than satisfying to someone in the CS field. However, there are many books that I have thoroughly enjoyed that I have no technical knowledge about yet have been fascinated by. Similarly, I believe that someone NOT firmly grounded in bits and bytes will enjoy this book for its fast paced story. The technical aspects aside, this book is still not up to par with Brown's more recent books. His thoughts aren't as well expressed, and some of the sentences and paragraphs are just...tacky. However, Brown's famous 2 page chapters lend themselves well to being read one after the other after the other, and before you know it, you are closing the book. The plot and twists are well planned as usual. Brown is excellent at switching back and forth between three or four characters in their own mini stories without losing the reader in any of the intermingling details. Regardless that I thought I had Brown nailed on some detail every now and then, each is wrapped up nicely by the end of the story. A good deal of hand-holding is done in the final few minutes of the excitement, a slight misjudgment in my opinion: Brown should have given his reader's sleuthing a little more credit at the finale. A fun read, but don't expect great things.
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Summary: Two and a Half Stars
Review: Not nearly as good as The Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons. It is very predictable and full of stock characters. It's not terrible and you could certaintly do worse, but a disappointment after reading The Da Vinci Code.
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Summary: Factual, Fast, and Fun
Review: I was introduced to Dan Brown's books only a few weeks ago, but have quickly absorbed all of his published works. It is easy to see why some are comparing his Da Vinci Code to the novel Conquest of Paradise. Both books deal masterfully with the more mysterious features of religion, politics, and science. And both bring to light amazing bits of information, which are weaved into the intricate patterns of an overall compelling story. While Brown compresses labyrinthine plots into brief time periods to provide page-turning suspense, Conquest of Paradise is of epic proportion, covering the entire world. Of the Dan Brown books I've read so far, Digital Fortress is the second best I've read so far behind The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown truly has a talent for creating interesting, suspenseful prose.
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