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Summary: An intelligent thriller !
Review: An intelligent thrill ride from cover to cover ... I was hooked from the very first page ... and if you like this one then your going to love Dragon Man The Adventures Of Luke Starr
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Summary: Decent but not good
Review: I loved Angels and Demons and I loved the Da Vinci Code but this book was not on the same level. Don't get me wrong, it is a good book and a fast read but there were several things that decreased the overall enjoyment of this book. For one the action seemed forced and the book was fairly predictable, also the book describes the NSA as being a mega powerful, top secret agency with far reaching powers but during the course of the book it seems as though this agency wasn't powerful nor even intelligent. In fact we only see three agents for most of the book. If you need to pass time on a flight or read a book while waiting for your doctors appointment, get this. If your expecting to be entertained and learn as well as enjoy yourself, get Angels and Demons.
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Summary: Intelligent idea. Futile story.
Review: The idea is intelligent, but the books feels like you are going thru a bunch of people having a really bad day. Everything that can go wrong, WILL go wrong in this book.I made it to page 255 but wanted to give it up a 100 pages back. All that keeps me going is the thought that hopefully the conclusion is worth the trouble of wading thru another 250 pages. It's like a cyber soap opera! The author, Dan Brown keeps stretching things. I bought the book because of all the talk about his latest book, The Da Vinci Code. I'm waiting for that book to come out in paperback and so I thought this book will give me an idea of how Mr. Brown writes. Now I'm having second thoughts about The Da Vinci Code. Will it be just as numbing as this one? This book is just another pot boiler. Sheesh!
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Summary: Could not put it down!
Review: Wow, this was a great book; much like watching an exciting thriller movie.. edge of seat action up to the last page and more importantly, it grabbed my attention and kept me from the first page.
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Summary: Mastermind
Review: Brown never ceases to amaze me with the complex novels he creates. I started out the Da Vinci Code, moved on to Angels & Demons, and now this one. Of the three, Digital Fortress is my favorite. Perhaps this was because I really didn't expect Mr. Brown to be able to "keep up" with himself as far as the quality books he turns out, and interesting plots. Also recommended: McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD
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Summary: Enthralling thriller
Review: O.K. Let's not kid ourselves. Dan Brown's inclusion of cryptography, somebody myseriously dying on the first page, a sexy intelligent female protagonist, a college professor who becomes the reluctant hero, & a mysterious assassin in every one of his books IS bordering on a sick obsession. That being said, his formula DOES work. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Seeing as Digital Fortress is his inaugural work, Dan Brown makes a few rookie mistakes that unequivocally engender some implausibility throughout the book. So as not to give away anything, I'll just say that the ostensibly intractable quagmire that the characters are engulfed in is hardly realistic, let alone believable. Having said that, Brown's mastery of suspenseful prose more than makes up for his shortsightedness in other areas. After all, this is why it IS fiction - not nonfiction. I enjoyed it and recommend it to those who enjoyed The Da Vinci Code. As a caveat, just don't expect 100% accuracy on the computer minutiae.
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Summary: Fun read, but...
Review: I'm very grateful to Dan Brown for this book - it got me through a long flight painlessly. The book is very suspenseful and has a lot of the "can't put it down" essence that readers want in suspense thrillers. That said, two problems: 1.) Mr. Brown's idea of how NSA works borders on comedy (trust me), and 2.) The final mystery ("the prime difference...") was way too easy to figure out. When I first saw it, I thought to myself "Oh, please don't let it be...", and at least half the people I know who read the book figured it out just as easily. It's worth the time to read, though, and an impressive first effort. I would like to say that all three of his other books are better, especially "Deception Point."
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Summary: *BIG GROAN*
Review: Mind numbingly banal. I am not a mystery buff or a thriller buff at all but I figured out the plot developments pages & pages before any of "brilliant" characters in the book. More boring than waiting in queue at the DMV. Since this book is about Math, lets "run some numbers" on this book. There are 384 pages in the paperback and 128 CHAPTERS! This is an average of 3 pages per chapter. Many chapters are less than 2 pages and quite a few not even a single page long. I'd guess that none are over 5 or 6 pages.Not much chance for plot or character development. Instead of a deliberate, well-researched development of plot you get a staccato splattering of scenes bouncing back and forth between 2 primary story lines. Sometimes, Brown breaks what should be a single 10 page chapter into 2 or 3 chapters for no apparant reason or effect--it almost feels like a COMMERCIAL should appear between some of the chapters.. What is glaringly obvious is that this author watched ENTIRELY TOO MUCH TV when he was young. I find it amazing that he is allowed a venue to spew this drivel forth just because he can string some sentences together and print a nifty code at the end. By the way, the code at the end? A simple Cesarean cube just as illustrated in the last few chapters. Notice that the numbers are no higher than 128--the number of chapters in the book. Put the numbers in the cube, substitute the 1st letter from the corresponding chapter and you get--WE ARE WATCHING YOU. Oooooooeeeewwweee, how neato! I must rush out and buy all the rest of his books! Not.
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Summary: Who Will Guard the Guardians?
Review: After being disappointed recently by two old favorites, John le Carre (Absolute Friends) and Robert Harris (Pompeii), I decided to read a thriller by a new (for me) author. Digital Fortress did the trick. Code breaking, foreign languages, the National Security Agency, and the timely theme of privacy versus safety, are all wrapped around a very competent plot that moves quickly. The twists and turns were often easy to spot from a distance, but the main story was a grabber. This was my first Dan Brown book, and it was just good enough for me to want to try his next thriller. Which is more than I can say for le Carre and Harris.
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Summary: Loved the story but the ending could've been better!
Review: As a huge fan of Dan Brown and having read just about every book he has ever written I think I have earned the right to tell him that as much as I loved his story (Digital Fortress), I thought his ending could have been better. That being said I would still happily recommend everyone read not just this book but all of DAN BROWN'S Books, they're terrific!
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