When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed triumph -- a triumph with profound... more
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Advantages: Brown's mastery of the genre, superb level of detail Disadvantages: A silly ending, slow in (occasional) places, patchy characterisation
...of the murky affair.
Deception Point deals with the twin focuses of NASA and American Politics, specificly an up-coming election. After Brown kicks off the book with his customary unexplained death, we are introduced to our protaganist, Rachel Sexton, as she meets her estranged father for breakfast. He just so happens to be Senator Sedgewick Sexton, the man hotly tipped to oust the incumbent President from the White House, so well has his rhetoric ... ...Zach Herney strongly supports. Rachel is a Gister, or an intelligence expert specialising in supplying the White House with concise information, working at the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office). Called in by the President for an undisclosed reason, she is swiftly despatched to the Milne Ice Shelf in the Artic, where NASA have discovered an object frozen in the ice. An object of such global significance that all their indiscretions would be forgotten, ...
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Advantages: Gripping storyline, scientifically accurate, well written, strong characters Disadvantages: A nightmare to put down
...to work. She returned with Deception Point, costing £6.99.
The basic outline of the story is fairly straightforward and I would say highly relevant to the USA today. After being funded by billions of dollars of federal funds, NASA the US Space Agency are coming under increase scrutiny by the new Presidential candidate, Senator Sedgwick Sexton who in his campaign calls for cost cutting measures at the ailing Agency or indeed full privatisation. The ... ...to pull of the greatest deception (and vote winner) ever?
With more twists and turns than a twisty turny thing this book was easy to read and a nightmare to put down. Like The Da Vinci Code it took a while to get into but again I’m glad I stuck with it. At 585 pages long this is not something you are going to read in one or two sittings but it was very easy to pick up on the story when I began reading again.
The way it is written was fantastic, ...
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Advantages: Better than Digital Fortress Disadvantages: Formula fiction
...read. In this instance Deception Point is the sacrificial lamb at the book reviewing altar. So what's it all about then?
Following a rather bad tempered breakfast meeeting with her father Senator Sedgwick Sexton (who is incidentally running for US presidency), Rachel Sexton an analyst for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) thinks her day can't get any worse. Oh but it can. She's called away from work for a clandestine meeting with the President ... ...to satisfy my 'twistlust'.
Deception Point rattles along at a fairly healthy pace throughout and certainly isn't a slow burner like Brown's better known 'The Da Vinci Code' When the pace does slow, it's usually to explain a few technical or scientific bits, which in no way detracts from the story in hand. Brown doesn't devote vast swathes of this book to technicalities, in the way, for example, of Tom Clancy. I knocked this book off in a couple ...
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Advantages: The start Disadvantages: Everything else
...which provided me with suspense. Deception Point in my opinion is quite dull and tries too hard to be a twist maker and page turner. I thought the plot was pretty good to start off with but then just dragged on for 600 pages. Character development was nowhere to be seen which made the characters seem one dimensional so I couldn't empathise with them at all! I think my main problem with this book is that it was just so incredibly unbelievable it seemed ... ...out there as well but when this book is trying to seem real life yet you have some extremely lucky events in this book it does make you frown. For instance we have three highly trained assassins who can't kill a fat guy. I know this sounds a bit daft but as you're reading it, it does sound a tad unrealistic. So overall I would not recommend this book as it is dull, annoying and will not provide you with entertainment at all. The so called twists ...
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Advantages: Story, scientific content and narration Disadvantages: climax
...can foretell where it going to end. In summary, this is a interesting thriller piece from Dan Brown. I guess one can not compare it to Da Vinci code or Angels and Demons but all in all, Deception Point does not disappoint you and is a good read. ...
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When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed triumph -- a triumph with profound implications both for NASA policy and for the impending presidential election. To verify the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery on a scale which threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.
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