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| Deception Point | 
| Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  183 reviews
Sales Rank: 7229
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 752
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 1416524800
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416524809
ASIN: 1416524800
Publication Date: March 28, 2006
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 Just too darned unbelievable July 23, 2008
I know it's fiction and I know it's escapist "candy", but from the entire premise of the story to the narrow escapes (banging out SOS on a glacier in the middle of the ocean will summon a submarine?) to the trio of heroes (who for some reason kept reminding me of Harry, Hermione, and Ron) that triumph in the end, it was just too unbelievable to ever really get into. Another thing that turned me off was the "steadfastness" of some of the characters, especially Corky. If I had to read "That's impossible!" as his reply to one more suggested theory, I would have screamed. Someone once said "Close the mouth and open the mind." These characters could learn a thing or two from that person. That said, I stayed up until 3 am finishing it last night.
If you like neat, tidy coincidences, don't need any real substance, and can stomach the "romance novel-type" dialog/wording throughout, this book is OK. There are some plot twists you can see coming a mile away, but others that sneak up on you and keep things mildly entertaining.
Another pageturner July 21, 2008
"Deception Point" is Brown's third novel, written between his two (so far) Robert Langdon books (Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code). Like all of his books, it's a quick read despite being over 500 pages.
The heroine is Rachel Sexton, daughter of a senator/presidential candidate. She's recruited by the president to help examine a meteorite found by NASA, which seems to contain proof of extraterrestrial life. Brown successfully mixes political intrigue, action and science into a page turning thriller. Brown is a teacher and he has the rare ability to educate and share information with his readers without slowing down the pace of his novels. If you can suspend your disbelief for some of the more fantastic sequences, "Deception Point" is a good pageturner.
 Couldn't put it down! July 21, 2008
Dan Brown does it again with a modern page turner of a novel; love the way he uses existing science to tell a story. I read Angels and Demons and Da Vinci Code a few years ago and have been a Dan Brown fan ever since!
 NO STARS, REALLY July 11, 2008
Not recommended. Sleazy. Only picked it because my brain was mush right then. There were at least 35 cliffhangers ... and it just got to the point where I would laugh at a new cliffhanger ... and not even care what happened to the person. That said, there was some cool/creepy technology. Cool from a purely intellectual point of view. Creepy from a human vs. Big Brother point of view. For example, mini-bots. Tiny tiny robots in the shape of bugs - literally a fly on the wall that listens to people's conversations. A person can "drive it" all over -- into and out of rooms, into and out of buildings ... and spy on people. The book left a terrible margarine taste in my mouth.
Definitely a page-turner June 28, 2008
I have to admit I did not care for the Da Vinci Code very much - I enjoy Brown's writing style, just not all the secret society stuff. But this book has all the elements of a good thriller - suspense, actions, political drama, discoveries in the Arctic Circle, plot twists... what more can you ask for?
This is not an earth-shattering piece of literature. But it's an easy read, it kept me captivated, and in fact I enjoyed reading this much more than I enjoyed seeing the new Indiana Jones. So I give it 5-stars.
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