Deception Point
by Dan Brown
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Read in January, 2008
My 4 star reading is really on the low side of 4 stars,I prefer to rate a book using the grading scale, this book was a B+
Number: 1
Rating: B+
ISBN: 0-671-02738-7
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Struggling to rebound from a series of embarrassing blunders that have jeopardized its political life at the start of this lively thriller, NASA makes an astounding discovery: there is a meteor embedded deep within the arctic ice. And it isn't just any meteor. Inside the huge rock, which crashed to ...more
Number: 1
Rating: B+
ISBN: 0-671-02738-7
Synopsis from www.bn.com
Struggling to rebound from a series of embarrassing blunders that have jeopardized its political life at the start of this lively thriller, NASA makes an astounding discovery: there is a meteor embedded deep within the arctic ice. And it isn't just any meteor. Inside the huge rock, which crashed to ...more
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Intelligence Analyst Rachel Sexton is in her mid-thirties, is single, and works for the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office). Her father, Senator Sedgewick Sexton, is a popular presidential candidate surpassing the incumbent President of the United States Zachary Herney. The President sends her to the Arctic as part of a team of experts to confirm and authenticate findings made by NASA deep within the Milne Ice Shelf. NASA's new Earth Observation System (EOS,) a collection of satellites constant...more
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Read in January, 2006
The formula is pretty simple:
Big Mystery + Male Protagonist + Female Protagonist + Code to Solve + OMG TRAITOR WITH TWISTED MOTIVES = Best Selling Novel.
And it's worked, so I guess we can't hate on him too much. There are people who swear his books are the best thing they've ever read -- I certainly wouldn't say that. But they are successful and I have to confess, even I like them, and when it comes to books I am Picky with a most definite capital P.
Digital Fortress is the first one I'...more
Big Mystery + Male Protagonist + Female Protagonist + Code to Solve + OMG TRAITOR WITH TWISTED MOTIVES = Best Selling Novel.
And it's worked, so I guess we can't hate on him too much. There are people who swear his books are the best thing they've ever read -- I certainly wouldn't say that. But they are successful and I have to confess, even I like them, and when it comes to books I am Picky with a most definite capital P.
Digital Fortress is the first one I'...more
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Read in January, 2005
From the start of "Deception Point", the suspense builds quickly as we meet our protagonist Rachel Sexton, a government intelligence analyst and a cohort of supporting characters including the President--an ardent supporter of NASA and the United States stature as leader in the exploration of space, members of the delta forces and a handful of other colorful persons who all play into this intricately weaved story.
In short, "Deception Point" revolves around the discovery o...more
In short, "Deception Point" revolves around the discovery o...more
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Read in January, 2007
My aunt gave this to me to read..I of course hate Dan Brown but I figure it'd be fast and I could thank her for it, mention some interesting tidbits that are no doubt sprinkled throughout the book for idiots, and feel good about family duty. There is not one paragraph that is close to some acceptable literary decency. In 2 pages he found it ok to mention coffee 5 times. No, not fun tidbits about the history of coffee but just as action filler: 'blah blah blah,' he said while he stirred his coffe...more
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Read in August, 2004
I borrowed this from my father-in-law; like nearly everyone else, I'd read The Da Vinci Code earlier this year & was interested in seeing what else Brown had done.
Rachel Sexton, a data analyst/gister for the National Reconnaissance Office, is asked by the President of the United States to go on a rather unusual (and very secret) mission. She finds this odd, as her estranged father is currently running against the current President...more
Rachel Sexton, a data analyst/gister for the National Reconnaissance Office, is asked by the President of the United States to go on a rather unusual (and very secret) mission. She finds this odd, as her estranged father is currently running against the current President...more
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DECEPTION POINT by DAN BROWN
For those of you who have read The Da Vinci Code or the even better Angels & Demons, there is much here with which you will be familiar. While there is no hint of an ancient religious mythology or secret thousand year old brotherhood, Deception Point has all of the exciting action you would expect from a modern spy thriller. Dan Brown's comfortable writing style of chapters that are only 3 to 5 pages long makes for an easy read when you are short on time, a...more
For those of you who have read The Da Vinci Code or the even better Angels & Demons, there is much here with which you will be familiar. While there is no hint of an ancient religious mythology or secret thousand year old brotherhood, Deception Point has all of the exciting action you would expect from a modern spy thriller. Dan Brown's comfortable writing style of chapters that are only 3 to 5 pages long makes for an easy read when you are short on time, a...more
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Read in March, 2008
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Matt Sanchez
I have now read all four of Dan Brown's books(author of The Da vinci Code. And like the other three, Deception Point followed the Dan Brown formula. In all books the main male character is a white, good looking very intelligent man with a broken heart from loves past. The main female character is white, attractive, very intelligent and always knows the right moments to be vulnerable or strong. The sub-characters are all short, fat, ethnic, homosexual, eccentric, and disposable.
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone with a slight sense of curiosity
So I've been reading this book on and off the whole week - which is sort of what always happens whenever I get a Dan Brown book - and it is very good. It really is. Better than I would expect it.
The reason why I don't allow myself to write an spetacular review on this spetacular novel is that I really hate Dan Brown. I do. All of his books have the same story - its almost like reading a script in different settings. I tried to read The DaVinci Code but I wasn't much caught up in it, and it soo...more
The reason why I don't allow myself to write an spetacular review on this spetacular novel is that I really hate Dan Brown. I do. All of his books have the same story - its almost like reading a script in different settings. I tried to read The DaVinci Code but I wasn't much caught up in it, and it soo...more
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I can't get into this book. I read Angels & Demons, and enjoyed it all right, but this one... I'm just irritated, I think, because from what I've seen Dan Brown is incapable of writing an interesting female character. Characters in general might not be his strong point: his heroes are straight-from-the-mold, ditto his villains, and everybody else flat to the point of feeling cartoonish. (One of the scientists in this book, an entomologist, is a nerdy Asian guy who wears a bowtie, deep in the...more
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NASA had its heyday back in the 60s with the launching of manned missions, the landing on the moon, etc. However, how much is really heard from NASA these days? This lack of productivity is what Senator Sedgwick Sexton is focusing on his presidential bid against incumbent Zach Herney. What Sexton doesn't know is that Herney has an ace in his sleeve in the form of a meteor that was found in the Arctic Circle by a NASA Earth-scanning satellite that contains fossils of space creatures. And, with th...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Bored people
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, ove...more
Deception Point sticks to the same formula - easy reading, plot twisting, 24 hour stories starring 2-dimensional characters and an overly dramatic, ove...more
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Read in September, 2007
This started out so promising, but I'm finding it hard to finish. Much like the DaVinci Code, it's a major conspiracy theory based on real life stuff. The last 1/4 of the book is what I'm having trouble with - some of it seems to be dragging/repeating, I'm feeling like we are beating a dead horse. I'm also laughing that there is this little romantic thing developing between two characters that just seems too engineered and falsely planted in this kind of book. Also, I'm all for the twists an...more
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Read in March, 2008
My first exposure to Dan Brown (I've not yet read Da Vinci Code, believe it or not) left me feeling sort of 'enh' about his writing. The plot obviously had had a lot of thought put to it, and at no point in the book did I feel bogged down. Brown's writing is clear, simple, and generally concise -- obscure vocabulary and convoluted sentence structure are rare. However, his technique for maintaining suspense could use work -- at times he relies on careful word choices to keep knowledge from the...more
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Nothing new...
Although Deception Point takes a whole new direction for Dan Brown from the Da Vinci Code, there are many similarities between this book and some of his other works.
Deception Point starts off with a bang and hinted at something great and interesting. NASA has discovered a meteorite buried deep under the Arctic ice and it seems that this meteorite contains traces of extraterrestial life. The story is really about dirty politics and the world of espionage. But sadly, the book...more
Although Deception Point takes a whole new direction for Dan Brown from the Da Vinci Code, there are many similarities between this book and some of his other works.
Deception Point starts off with a bang and hinted at something great and interesting. NASA has discovered a meteorite buried deep under the Arctic ice and it seems that this meteorite contains traces of extraterrestial life. The story is really about dirty politics and the world of espionage. But sadly, the book...more
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Read in January, 2008
You've just gotta love Dan Brown. You are a book snob if you don't. His books are well-researched, the insane plot twists are so well-planned and creative, and the characters are so real that his stories are captivating and impossible to put down. You just get hooked, and every chapter is a cliffhanger, and you tell yourself "one more chapter and I'll go to bed.... ok, one more chapter so I can see what happens.... " and then you get so engrossed that you forget you were going to stop ...more
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Read in June, 2004
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Jason Baughrecommends it for: anyone
"When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory."
I must admit I don't like thrillers. They mostly make me feel a cheap thrill at best. But Dan Brown "is a master in thrills," and keeps the story going at break neck speeds.
From the guy who has angered the Christian world with his tales of a slut named Mary M. to a guy named Jesus who spawned some kids with her, here is...more
I must admit I don't like thrillers. They mostly make me feel a cheap thrill at best. But Dan Brown "is a master in thrills," and keeps the story going at break neck speeds.
From the guy who has angered the Christian world with his tales of a slut named Mary M. to a guy named Jesus who spawned some kids with her, here is...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Karyn
This was the third of the books by Dan Brown that I read, and I definitely liked it better than the other two (Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.) However, by the time I read this book, I had guessed the whodunnit by the fourth or fifth chapter. Mr. Brown has obviously decided to capitilize on a formula that appears to have worked for him in the past.
The suspense wasn't as great for me as it could have been because I figured out who was responsible, but even so, there were several edge-o...more
The suspense wasn't as great for me as it could have been because I figured out who was responsible, but even so, there were several edge-o...more
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Read in April, 2008
Well, Dan Brown did it again. I have really enjoyed all of his books and Deception Point was no exception. The thing I liked most about this story is that I wasn't sure whose side I was on until the very end. I also love how Dan Brown takes a lot of scientific non-fiction and true historical events and masterfully weaves them into his own fictional stories, making the reader sort them out. He also did a great job placing some comic relief characters (Corky Marlinson was hilarious)and situations....more
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Read in October, 2007
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 ...more
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