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Better than The Da-Vinci Code or Angels and Demons
Well, I've read The Da-Vinci Code and Angels and Demons and in my opinion this is better than either of those two... and they were great page turners. Ok, so at times you can guess what's going to happen or who the baddie really is but you still turn the pages quickly. Digital Fortress is next for me, then I guess I'll have to wait till he brings out another novel.
hmmm....
I read this book after reading the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, and although I enjoyed this book it was nothing compared to the other two. I was interested to find out what had happened but not compelled to finish it like the other two. Also having read other books by him I could predict part of the ending. Not a disappointing read but not a classic!
Well, I've read The Da-Vinci Code and Angels and Demons and in my opinion this is better than either of those two... and they were great page turners. Ok, so at times you can guess what's going to happen or who the baddie really is but you still turn the pages quickly. Digital Fortress is next for me, then I guess I'll have to wait till he brings out another novel.
If you've enjoyed any of his other books then this one wont let you down, and if you havn't then it's a good one to start with. 5 stars.
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After being blown away by reading his fourth, and most recent, novel "The Da Vinci Code" I went back and read Brown's previous three novels. Although they don't quite read the heights of "The Da Vinci Code", all three are excellent reads.
"Deception Point" is Brown's third novel. This time there is no sign or Art History or Christianity to be found. The book is centred around an earth shattering discovery in the artic. But the discovery may not be quite what it seems and people will kill because of this.
Overall I found it an excellent 9/10 read. It had me gripped throughout the book. The characters were strong and there were plenty of twists throughout. In fact by about halfway through the book it almost turns into a "who done it" with you guessing (in my case unsuccessfully!" to the end.
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Where can i start with this book? 'Brilliant' doesn't seem to do it enough justice! This book is a political/conspiracy mix and Dan constantly 'flips' between the two throughout the book to keep driving the story forward, he leaves the political side with a 'cliff-hanger' while he switches back to the conspiracy which he then leaves on a 'cliff-hanger' before going back to the political game that is going on throughout the book. This was a very refreshing approach from Dan Brown as I was beginning to think his books could only contain characters with a strange penchant for tweed!
I was very surprised how quickly I raced through this book and at the end even found myself wondering if it was better than the Da Vinci Code... I think it's just that little bit better, I'm not sure why but Deception Point really made me want to read it where-as the Da Vinci Code simply intrigued me with interesting theories to keep me reading but it never really sucked my in so that I couldn't put it down.
This book is a very well balanced piece of work from Dan and one I believe has been slightly overlooked by most due to the Da Vinci Code, not because it's a bad book - personally I found it to be alot better as a whole than the Da Vinci Code - but because it isn't controversial enough.
Admittedly this book isn't perfect, there are times when you're left slightly sceptical at how characters get out of a few of the situations they're in (not because the story misleads but because they suddenly get the upper hand rather too conveniently) which does spoil the book a bit and is one of Dan's main failings when he writes (he always seems to make even the simplest 'action' sequence too complex for it to be believable). Aside from this I cannot recommend the book highly enough, Deception Point is the book to read if you're a Dan Brown sceptic.
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On reading this review you will fall into one of two catergories. You will have either read some of Dan Brown's work and will be looking for more of the same. Deception Point will not fail to deliver. Alternatively you will have never read Dan Brown's work, in which case, read on...
If you are looking for a book that you LITERALLY cannot put down, then this is it. At the end of every chapter he generates an overwhelming desire to read 'just one more'. It is truly gripping.
The story is a fast paced thriller, with an invigorating mix of superb descriptive writing mixed with accurate science and in depth facts about the inner workings of the American political system. It sees the main characters involved in a monumentous scientific discovery in the Artic Circle, which has complicated connontations in the presidential race back in Washington. The answers lie in a conspiracy that runs right to the top.
If you have read any of his other books then expect more of the same. He takes a slightly different angle in Deception Point. There is slightly less information packed in, which I personally feel gives the plot some more room breath. The characters are fantastically diverse and beautifully described, and the plot will have you guessing right till the end.
READ THIS BOOK!
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Ok, to start with I belong to the Angels and Demons is better than The Davinci Code camp. You know where I stand. Deception point, is a clever, although formulaic thriller, deeply rooted in science-fact as per Brown's other work. This novel is an action packed story, full of twists and suspense that you'd probably expect. You'll be able to guess where the plot goes throughout the novel and turn your nose up and the pointless love interest, but there's still some very good suspense, and the predictability of the direction of the novel does not detract from it's overall impact. The final action scene was brilliantly choreographed, a masterpiece of cause and effect. Initally a "samey" feel, yet after a quarter of the book you'll be hooked and won't put it down until it's all over.
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I read this book after reading the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, and although I enjoyed this book it was nothing compared to the other two. I was interested to find out what had happened but not compelled to finish it like the other two. Also having read other books by him I could predict part of the ending. Not a disappointing read but not a classic!
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Following the familiar Dan Brown relentless chasing formula, this book zips the reader through all 360 pages with ruthless vervour around some particular tight blind corners even by Mr Browns standards. The story revolves around the events both political and personal surrounding the discovery of an alien meteorite, but even at the political level it's the personal characters that make this book an intense rush of a read. I almost didn't order this book when I noticed it was billed as an American political thriller, but don't let that put you off its as accessible as Disney in summer and twice the fun. This book is excellent.
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This was the third Dan Brown book I read, after DVC and Angels & Demons.
DVC was pretty poorly written and based on, well, a whole heap of bilge, but there was no denying that it was a page turner and it had me gripped to the end despite characters that were so slight a breeze would have blown them away and a plot that tried so hard to be unpredictable that it became predictable. (Work out the least likely thing to happen in any given scenario, and bingo, that is where your plot's heading!)
Angels and Demons was more of the same: bits of it were fascinating, bits of it were a tad grotesque, and I had the oddest sense of deja vu, though as yet I couldn't figure out why.
Deception point was the book that crystalised my views on Dan Brown's writing, and the one I enjoyed the least out of the three mentioned. Why? Because I knew the plot already.
Don't get me wrong - there is no art history in here, no religion, it's all politics and science etc, and *that* side of things is quite interesting.
But... here's a familiar face - the male protagonist, specialist in his field, handsome and intelligent, (but surprisingly incapable of working anything out ahead of the reader) who will unravel the mystery with the help of another familiar face - the female love interest. She will also be intelligent and beautiful (but of course!) and in some way related to or connected with a murder victim and/or a high up official type person in the hierarchy of the organisation she is affiliated with. The baddies are after them - and how! But the baddies are being manipulated by... oh no! One of the goodies! Who is actually a baddie! And has been pulling their strings all along! For his own ends! Shock!
Or, well, not. Because by this point I recognised the plot from the previous two novels I'd read.
By the time I got any way into the book I was already looking for the turncoat who would attempt to betray them and who would meet a deservedly messy end. I got it right, too, and I am no fan of thrillers or whodunits. I am usually as dense as anything about this kind of stuff!
If you downed a shot every time he reused a plot twist that has appeared in another of his books, you'd be blind drunk before you were halfway through. If you also drank a shot every time a grammatical error, clunking cliche, hackneyed simile or other howler appeared, you'd send your liver into terminal decline.
It's a page turner, if you have failed to work out that Dan Brown only has one plot - if you have worked that out, it's quite fun spotting his well-used (to put it kindly) plot devices etc. It gets two stars for entertainment value either as holiday fluff or as a Dan Brown drinking game.
I gather this was one of his earlier novels, so maybe this was the blueprint for his later success. Read it for fun, but be warned of his addiction to cliffhanger endings in every other chapter, his inability to turn a decent phrase, and just generally writing that is so poor I don't know whether to be more depressed or amused that this is one of the most popular writers of our age...
edit: OK, I tried to give it two stars, obviously clicked in the wrong place, and now I can't seem to edit it. Sorry. My bad.
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I have been able to read this book while relaxing during a nile cruise (in Egypt). The fact that I was able to read it during such a cruise shows how the book can keep a firm grip on you. Technically the book is not really believable and it is not much provocating either (do not expect things a-la early Crichton). The story has a nice tempo and keeps the reader attention till the end, which honestly surprised me. I did not really expect it. The bad side is that more than half of the book is one day of action .... and this seems a little bit too much for a day. In a nutshell, it is a good read ... as long as you do not like analysing the technical details. A good alternative to the not-so-good latest Crichton books.
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