TahoeT
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For the most part I enjoyed it, but there were a couple of issues that even with poetic license seem too unreal. The first one is Greg Hale being able to take a keyboard out of the NSA. With so much security going on, in such a highly classified place, it just doesn't seem plausible that he would be able to remove equipment from the site.
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Mudpuppy
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Yes, I think "Digital Fortress" was definitely a warm-up for Dan Brown. I loved the computer and decryption information, as well as the peek into the NSA. I found some of the subplots -- like the sexually-harrassing, ex-hacker Greg Hale -- and the "I'm secretly in love with the hot chick" NSA second-in-command, to be rather cliched. Let there be an attractive woman in a novel without everyone wanting to get into her pants, okay?
On that theme, Dan Brown has come a long way. In "The Da Vinci Code", Sophie's appearance didn't ever become an issue for any of the characters.
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Victor
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I actually just started this one on the plane home last night. I'm already not loving it as much as the Da Vinci Code or Angel's and Demons, but it's entertaining. So far...
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Victor
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I just finished this one. I started it a while ago and put it down. I was on a business trip so I had the time to finish it on the plane.
I really, really didn't like it at all. I think Brown spun a very thin (and not very plausable) plot line around a good idea. I just didn't buy any of it.
Oh well....
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Sephia
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I just finished this one. I thought that it could have been better. it had the potential, but the characters were not as engaging and it was a lot more predictable than Da Vinci Code. The information was good, though the NSA is not as unknown as the Priory of Sion or the Illuminati...
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CurlyQAngel
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I just fininshed this book too and I liked it, though it's not one of my favorites. I agree that the characters weren't as fun and engaging as the other books and I wish that there was more information about them. The book was interesting however, and I liked all the computer and coding information, though some things were a bit cliche. Dan Brown has come a long way however and it's great to see how he's done that.
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Sephia
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Definitely. Plus i think one of the reasons this one is not as popular is that th NSA is more well known *now*. It was published in the early 90s, though, so maybe it hadn't been as popular then, before Clancy, Sheldon, King and etc., all wrote about it.
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Bulldog_LC
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I just finished reading this book last night. As with Deception Point, I found many things predictable, and some things far-fetched (but for different reasons).
I haven't read The Davinci Code or Angels & Demons yet, but at least in the 2 DB books I have read, it seems to be a common trend to have the good guy turn out to be the villian. This is an old formula, and I picked up on it very quickly in both books.
Also, maybe I'm just a science or WWII history geek, (although I've never considered myself to be one) but I found it agonizing to keep reading as they were trying to crack the code for the pass key. As soon as they had all the strings of letters, I had it figured out. It was after I figured it out that I picked up on the three finger thing. I think it would have been better if the code were more difficult to crack.
As a whole, I didn't think it was a bad read, but I don't see myself recommending it, either. I liked Deception Point much better, even though I found that one fairly predictable and far-fetched as well.
It has been suggested that if I found these books predictable, that I would likely find the rest of DB's books predictable as well. For those who have read the rest- Do you think this is true?
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AAnnAArchy
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<<It has been suggested that if I found these books predictable, that I would likely find the rest of DB's books predictable as well. For those who have read the rest- Do you think this is true?>>
I haven't read Deception Point, but I think you'll like the information in Angels & Demons (my favorite) and Da Vinci Code enough that'll make the storyline not as important to you. Yeah, Dan Brown seems to have a formula, but in Angels & Demons I didn't care in slightest because the historical information was so interesting.
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DaVinciRulez
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Quote:
Bulldog_LC said:
Also, maybe I'm just a science or WWII history geek, (although I've never considered myself to be one) but I found it agonizing to keep reading as they were trying to crack the code for the pass key. As soon as they had all the strings of letters, I had it figured out. It was after I figured it out that I picked up on the three finger thing. I think it would have been better if the code were more difficult to crack.
I thought the same thing, i mean, i'm in middle school and i figured it out before them
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