So bad. I was annoyed that it took so long to reveal how bad of a book it was that I had to finish just to see where the lame plot twists ended up.

It is just too far fetched. The Father Sexton character is not believable at all. No father would act like that. Dan Brown looked up a little science to base his book on but "Deception Point" is about logic and statistical accuracy which he didn't research at all. The holes in these scientists' logic made the book unreadable.

Enjoyed it a lot. It is kind of book you can read even if you are half asleep. Thats not essentially a bad thing for a book. Particularly this one. A good thriller novel. A good page turner.

Well it is indeed a formulaic book. The characters act the way author wants to, according to the requirements of plot for a particular instances. There is of course lack in psychological depth and congruence. The language is deliberately simple and intentionally avoid using big words and phrases. Some stupid and childish humor, and sometimes good one.

But it has good plot and seriously unexpected turns and twists. It is an intelligent book. The book works for me. It offers what it claimed, good plot and hooked me until I finished it. It is good script for a movie. If it is made into a movie then it would be an entertaining thriller....

And if I wanted a profound book I would have read Dostoevsky instead. I knew what I would get and got it.


(Note: I got the book from a sale for 25 rupees viz equal to 30 US cents!! So cant complaint even if it would have been a scrappy one.)

Como é que me tinha escapado o registo deste livro por estas bandas?! :P

Quatro anos depois, não é que me lembre de muita coisa, mas sei que gostei e que me entretive bastante a ler este livro que me emprestaram. Houve um volte-face previsível, mas quem lê um livro de Dan Brown já sabe que faz parte da fórmula descobrirem que os que pareciam bons afinal são maus.

Asshteroideh in mezzo ai ghiacci

Verifichiamo gli ingredienti: mega complotto ai danni della società; gruppo di cattivoni che vogliono uccidere perché sì; eroi figaccioni che mostrano doti atletiche di un campione di triathlon; computers con misteriose scritte sullo schermo; missili sparati a caso (quasi quanto la cartaccia della brioche che si lancia al mattino, con la speranza di centrare il cestino).
Da ricordare - nel tripudio galoppante di scemenze - il passaggio del sottomarino e la pisciata in mezzo agli squali.
Al termine della lettura ci si sente più rapinati di uno scippo in strada.

This is the second book I have read from Dan Brown. I read The Da Vinci Code first. And, whoever read The Da Vinci Code would think this book does not measure up to the other book's penmanship.

But, I liked this book. This book has the same breath-taking suspense that does not let readers put down the book until the mystery is solved.

Still one of my all-time favorite books. It's fun to reread it every couple of years. This was my first time listening to the audiobook. It was well done.

3 and half stars!
I enjoyed this book, it was easy to get into. While I didn’t like some of the plot points this made for an interesting read.

Superb! My favorite Dan Brown book yet. Nonstop action and very smart. I couldn't put this down!

Multe i se pot reproșa lui Dan Brown dar nu și aceea că nu ar fi un excelent narator și un autor extrem de bine documentat.
Nu aș fi crezut niciodată că, pe parcursul acestei lecturi, voi căuta cu multă curiozitate pe internet informații suplimentare despre celebrele Delta Force, NRO, PODS, NASA, despre ciudățeniile pomenite din petrologia, geologia sau biologia marină, ori despre Insula Ellesmere, Arctica și Groapa Marianelor.

De departe cel mai digerabil roman al său, în ceea ce mă privește, chiar dacă nu e (și nici nu cred că își propune a fi) nimic mai mult decât o lectură de vacanță, destul de plină de clișee hollywoodiene.

Dan Brown is never going to win any literary awards that's for sure. Mixed metaphors abound ("a searing pain sliced into her head..." etc), the use of the word "ephemeral" where I'm pretty sure he means "ethereal", and the explanation of how due to a childhood accident where our main character fell into a frozen lake, she now suffers from "hydrophobia". As there's no further reference to her foaming at the mouth, I can only assume he means "aquaphobia". The list goes on.

And yet, it doesn't matter.

Deception Point isn't about literary prowess, it's about plot, pacing and frantic page-turning. And it has all that in spades. Reading Deception Point is like watching a season of 24. Sure, it's hardly realistic - in fact it's cliched and silly most of the time - but admit it: you're having a great time and you don't want it to end. And you can't go to sleep until you just find out what happens next...

There seem to be a lot of Dan Brown haters out there judging by a quick glance at the reviews. But frankly, if you don't like it you don't have to read it. It seems odd that the people who claim to hate his books never seem to have any trouble finishing them. I love lobster and Filet Mignon. But I also love a Domino's Pizza. This is a Domino's Pizza. It never pretends to be anything else. And it's a bloody good one.

بعد أن اكتشف قمر صناعي جديد لناسا جسماً نادراً بصورة مذهلة مدفوناً في أعماق المتجمد الشمالي أعلنت وكالة الفضاء المتخبطة نصراً كانت تحتاجه بشدة... نصر ذو تضمينات عميقة بالنسبة لسياسة الفضاء الأمريكية والانتخابات الرئاسية القادمة. وفي هذا الوضع العصيب للمكتب الرئاسي يرسل الرئيس محللة البيت الأبيض الاستخباراتية راشيل سيكستون إلى الحيد الجليدي في ميلني وذلك للتأكد من مصداقية هذا الاكتشاف مصحوبة بفريق من الخبراء بما فيهم العالم الأكاديمي الساحر مايكل تولاند تكتشف راشيل أمراً لا يمكن التفكير به: دليل قاطع على حيلة علمية بارعة - خديعة وقحة تهدد بإقحام العالم في جدال فظيع.
ولكن قبل أن تتمكن راشيل من الاتصال بالرئيس تتعرض هي ومايكل إلى هجوم من قبل فريق مميت من السفاحين يخضع لسلطة سياسية غامضة.

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رواية مليئة بلاحداث والحقائق والمعلومات الي تقدر تستفاد منه وتستمع به جدا, اول مرة اقراء للكاتب دان براون وبصراحة كاتب مو بس جيد بل عظيم.
كتاب بكل هذه المعلومات والاحداث الكثيرة والعميقة وطبعا السرد الجميل يجعلك تستمتع جدا ب رواية وتصر ان تعرف الاحداث وطبعا التنقبل بين المواضيع والاحداث جميلة جدا وما تحس ب شيء ممل او عادي.
هاي رواية ياخذك لعالم صحيح هي واقعي بس يتكلم عن العمق خاصة في المجتمع الامريكي وهي السياسة والمشاكل الي تصير بسببها والتفكك بداخل المجتمع والصراعات طبعا للوصول للقمة سواء بطريقة جيدة او سيئة لدرجة ما تتوقع.
والجانب الاخر هي صراع بين وكالة ناسة المدعومة من الحكومة الامريكية ب ميزانية مفتوحة وضخمة وطمع الشركات الخاصة في الحصول على الامتيازات والحقوق الفضاء, كل هاي صراعات تبدا وتكثر بعمق بعد اكتاشف الناسا الاخير في الرواية منها تبدا كل شيء.
يمكن يكون سلبي نوع ما عند بعض خاصة بيها الكثير من الكلام وتفاصيل الكثيرة بس براي ممتعة
دان براون كاتب عظيم وبقراءتي اول كتاب له اكيد سوف استمر ب قراءة كتبه وطبعا انصحكم به.


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After NASA's new satellite discovered a surprisingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic, the flaming space agency announced a victory that was badly needed ... a victory with profound implications for US space policy and the upcoming presidential election. In this difficult situation of the presidential office, the head of the White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the iceberg in Milne, to confirm the credibility of this discovery accompanied by a team of experts, including the scholarly scholar Michael Tolland Rachel discovers an unthinkable: conclusive evidence of a brilliant scientific trick - A slut trick threatens to plunge the world into a terrible debate.
But before Rachel can contact the president, she and Michael are being attacked by a deadly team of thugs under mysterious political power.

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A novel full of events, facts and information to me can be learned and heard very well, the first time I read the writer Dan Brown and frankly a good but great writer.
A book with all this information and many events and depth and of course beautiful narrative makes you enjoy very novel and insist that you know the events and of course accept between the topics and events are very beautiful and do not feel anything boring or ordinary.
This is a novel that takes you to a true world. It is realistic, but it speaks of depth, especially in the American society. It is the politics and the problems that are caused by it, the disintegration within the society and the conflicts, of course, to reach the summit, whether in a good or bad way.
The other side is a conflict between NASA and the US government backed by an open budget and huge private companies' greed for access to privileges and rights. All the conflicts begin and grow deep after NASA's final discovery of the novel begins.
Dan Brown is a great writer and my readers or his book is sure will continue to read his books and of course I advise you.

بأنتهائي من قراءة هذا العمل اكون قد ختمت جميع اعمال دان براون
وما اكتشفته من قراءتي لأعماله انها كلها تدور بنفس السياق بطل وبطلة احدهما يكون الراوي ومؤسسة حكومية ضخمة عليها مؤامرة وقتلة سفاحين يطاردون الابطال وشخصية شريرة غامضة تكشف في نهاية الرواية وغالبا تكون ابعد شخصية عن الشك وسر لا يعلمه العالم وتفاصيل علمية وسياحيةكثيرة وان كانت هذه الرواية شذت عن القاعدة في نقطة الوصف السياحي حيث انها الرواية الوحيدة التي لم يتناول فيها الكاتب أماكن سياحية لانها كلها تحدث في القطب الشمالي وواشنطن واخيرا نهاية عادلة للشرير ورومانسية للابطال
ورغم تشابه السياق العام لروايات دان براون الا انها جميعها ممتعة للغاية ربما لان المؤلف يتعب فيها كثيرا ويذاكر كثيرا لتخرج بشكل مقنع وصادق ومشوق ومثير
بالنسبة لهذه الرواية فأعتقد انها اقل روايات دان براون
وهي قليلة الاحداث ففي اول 100 صفحة لم يحدث شيء ذو معنى او شيء محرك للاحداث
ولكنها مع ذلك من اكثر رواياته احتواءا على الكوميديا في حوار الشخصيات
لم افهم سبب تصرف شرير الرواية ولم اقتنع بصراحة بحجته في تصرفه بل المفترض ان يتخذ موقفا مغايرا تماما
وفي النهاية دان براون من كتابي المفضلين وانا انتظر روايته القادمة بفارغ الصبر