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3.5 stars
This was a wild rollercoaster of a story, at every turn when I thought Mr Brown couldn't possibly pile on more layers, he managed to pile on more. And a lot of people die, just willy nilly people dying. Very mild spoiler: (view spoiler) ...more
This was a wild rollercoaster of a story, at every turn when I thought Mr Brown couldn't possibly pile on more layers, he managed to pile on more. And a lot of people die, just willy nilly people dying. Very mild spoiler: (view spoiler) ...more
Better than I'd expected, but of course it helps that I know nothing about the technologies described. Dan Brown likes to claim he knows everything about the things he describes in his books, but my experience so far has been that he really doesn't... artistic license is all well and good, but now when you start the book off with an authors note saying that "Everything exists exactly as described in this book" - WHEN THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE!!!
*Cough* Sorry, I got side-tracked. Like I said, I know n ...more
*Cough* Sorry, I got side-tracked. Like I said, I know n ...more
Dan Brown came out strong in his career, made a ton of fans, but he's slipping. While Angels & Demons and Davinci were certainly not works of literary genius, they were at least entertaining, well researched books that offered a little insight into subjects I had not given much thought to, and I came away knowing more than when I started.
Deception Point sticks to the same formula - easy reading, plot twisting, 24 hour stories starring 2-dimensional characters and an overly dramatic, overly susp ...more
Deception Point sticks to the same formula - easy reading, plot twisting, 24 hour stories starring 2-dimensional characters and an overly dramatic, overly susp ...more
This was definitely not my favorite Dan Brown book. It started off interesting and with a lot of potential, but somewhere within the first 200 pages my attention quickly diminished and it was actually rather difficult to get through. It's a very interesting concept, but it just wasn't carried out well. I think that there was just too many things going on at once, and it really didn't flow very well. The romance between two of the characters was extremely forced and unnecessary. I have to say, I
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Aug 03, 2007
skyhigh-kin
marked it as to-read
Nov 06, 2007
Erica Poole
rated it
really liked it
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Aug 01, 2009
Erin
marked it as to-read
Oct 20, 2009
Shelley Giusti
marked it as to-read
