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 Great Author, bad story October 14, 2008
The plot was interesting, full of action like all his books. However, the main characters were so extremely "perfect" (they are gorgeous and geniuses at the same time) and the romance was so cheesy (they are PERFECT for each other and nothing is wrong with their relationship). Many plot twists can only be found in stories, for example, the main character needs to find a girl and it JUST SO happens that the first guy he met at a CONCERT knows who she is, and it JUST SO happens that the girl missed her plane ride when he got to the airplane. There are just way too many convenient conincidences to tell a story. There were also many inconsistencies of the book, and Brown seemed like he did a bad job researching about Asian cultures. I enjoyed Dan Brown's other books, but this one was disappointing.
 Fun But Unbalanced October 12, 2008
Digital Fortress offers up nail biting suspense but only with characters that could have used greater development. The heroes and villains lack depth and complexity but nevertheless follow a plot line that is interesting and informative and with occasional surprises to make this an overall good read. Since a lot of thrillers seem to follow this formula I didn't really fault this book too much for the above mentioned defects.
 Worse than lame September 30, 2008
Having read Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress I can only say he spins a good story if you can get past the nonsense. This one was the hardest to get through and the absolute worst of those 3 (not that the other 2 are stellar either). The plot is predictable and the characters are stupid (even though they hold degrees I can only dream of). Others far more knowledgeable than I can tell you how bad the technical stuff was, my limited knowledge just made it bad enough to wish he'd done just a little research to make it sound a bit more plausible. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, not even an enemy.
 Well-researched novel September 29, 2008
In the beginning, a Portuguese man kills a Japanese cryptographer. After this introduction scene, the action moves to the protagonist who is an American woman, Susan Fletcher. Her lover, David Becker, could be considered the most important male character in the book. Other characters include the head of NSA who is a black man, a common occurrence in many books nowadays as the world anticipates a black leader for the USA. The characters in this book we think are good are evil, and those we think are evil are good. In this space are characters such as Trevor Strathmore and Greg Hale.
The whole book is a long chase for Becker as he goes around Spain trying to find a ring which the dying Japanese cryptographer gave to the people around him. Once, Becker goes to a hospital thinking that an old patient in it has the ring, but in a surprising twist, the old man doesn't. Unlike Becker, Susan Fletcher spends most of her time in the book located in one building, the Cryptodome. While in the building, she finds out that the dying Japanese cryptographer had no North American accomplice, as the book previously implies. As the book is set in 1998, it gets most of its history about the Internet right (such as the dominance of the Netscape browser or the appearance of a new type of bad software, the worm).
 Another great book by Dan Brown September 25, 2008
I'll make this review short. I loved it. Couldn't put it down. Another excellent book by Dan Brown! I liked the fast action between chapters.
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