Deception Point

Deception Point was the third book I read from Dan Brown after The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. The storyline of the book, though I liked, I thought was weak, and didn't feel like it had anything to offer in terms of thought provoking or emotional content to hold onto that The Da Vinci Code and Angels held. However, despite many things it may lack, I did find myself not able to put it down for the reason that, Dan has a great way of getting you hook on the character's situation and your dying to find out what happens. His style is such that he keeps leaving you hanging to make you want to keep reading, I like books like that, it makes it easier to read and enjoy. I was disappointed though to find what the characters discovered, and thought it was a story that was cliché. It does show how dirty politics can be, and as we all know, that aspect of the story is perfectly realistic.

Its a good weekend book, I would still suggest anyone and if you like Dan Brown give this one a try. If your expecting a book like The Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons, don't look for that, Dan did a whole new type of story and he showcases his talent for taking real facts and putting them into fiction.

Rebekah Ellis
Mr. Melia
Per.4
1/7/09
Deception Point Book Review
The first thought that comes to my mind when I think about Deception Point is intensity. This was a really good book. When up and coming data analysis Rachel Sexton is ordered from the president of the United States to be secretly flown to Antarctica, things get pretty complicated. NASA has made a world-changing discovery and is ready to introduce it to the world when something happens. Senator Sedgwick Sexton is Rachel's father and is running for president, Sexton thinks NASA is a wasteful spending program but little does he know about the discovery. Rachel doesn't agree with his views and doesn't really like him, but when things get really heated she still has a loyalty to her father. All seems well and this should be a great event but when things get complicated everyone gets confused.... Read Deception Point by Dan Brown if you want an intense and thrilling read. I greatly recommend this book to everyone! It was awesome and really suspenseful and thrilling. I would buy this book because it is worth the investment and you won't ever read anything like it. You never knew what was coming on the next page, and what you think turns out to be wrong. This has to be one of Dan Browns greatest works. It is a must read! Definitely five stars.

I gave this as a gift to my son in the military because he likes Dan Brown's writing and stories.

Dan Brown has some wonderful books. This is not one of them. I picked this up, due to my interest in U.S. government agencies (three letter ones), and the space program. I should have put the book back down instead of buying it.

While I don't begrudge Mr. Brown his conspiracies, I would recommend do some better research on *what* the agencies actually do, than assume. I'm sure, after I write this, the NRO will send their "hit-squad" after me. Or not.

The two main characters were decently written, action was enough to keep me reading, and the premise (while flawed) had some taste of "within the realm of cocaine-addled possibility... but using a Three Letter Agency (TLA) as the harbingers of death because a satellite program was jacked up... What?!? The U.S. govt has lost *billions* of dollars to satellite programs that don't work, break down immediately after launch or blow up on the launch pad. You don't see people dying en masse because of THOSE screw ups.

I'm a TLA purist - I do studies on the Intelligence Community and their agencies... I could even believe that the CIA has kidnapped Roswell aliens in their Langley facility... but to think the NRO (made up of lazy Air Force bluesuiters and pencil-pushing CIA geeks) could conjure up a convincing conspiracy TOGETHER... now that's definitely fiction. Save your dollars for the Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, or a coloring book. Put "Deception Point" back on the shelf.

This is probably not the first Dan Brown novel you would pick to read since The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons are the more famous work, therefore it is hard not to compare Deception Point with Brown's other novels. Deception Point gives the same Dan Brown's thriller factor, but it lacks in believability and relies too much on perfect coincidences.

The plot was very predictable (the title is a very big hint) and the characters are very one-dimensional. You would expect the characters to be very enlightened after the outrageous things they went through in the book, but they were left unchanged. Also, the final revelation didn't have a big impact on the story (unlike Brown's other novels). The climax was very unconvincing (SPOILER: I don't see how three professional assassins failed again and again to kill the three protagonists)... I guess readers have to really use their imagination and go along with Brown's plot to fully enjoy the absurdness towards the end.

This is not a bad political-thriller by all means, but too much events in this novel are coincidental and unconvincing. I did enjoy the separate plots connecting together in the end, but the shallow characters were too predictable and boring to read.