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The deception has to do with an asteroid with fossils from another planet.

Dan Brown-Great author, an interesting story, but...

What I liked:
-Well written, of course.
-I never got bored, but there was a lot of science. Maybe too much as I feel it did slow the story down.
- I liked the scenes on the glacier.
-Interesting story with lots of explanations.
-Tons of detail. The author obviously did a lot of research, but maybe a little too much.
-There were some surprises, but I kind of felt like I knew where it was going.
-I liked a lot about the book.

What I didn't like:
-Three people were on top of a slice of a glacier as it broke off and fell into the ocean, and they went underwater, then were able to be on top when it bobbed back up. REALLY!
-Shooting a Hellfire missile in Washington DC from a black ops helicopter. NO WAY!

What I HATED:
-Okay, it is fiction, but it so misrepresents Delta Force. The Army's equivalent to Navy Seals, more or less. It is just not true that they would be killing U.S. citizens and a Canadian and his sled dogs blindly, just following orders and never questioning. And how did their mysterious "controller", a civilian, get authorization to use Delta Force? Being ex-military, I am sure this bothered me more than most readers.

But still, definitely recommend it.

يبهرني دان براون كل مرة بغزارة معلوماته
وثقافته الشاملة في مجالات عديدة

وكل مرة يختار براون موضوعا لرواية من رواياته
تجده قد تجهز جيدا ودرس وبحث
واستطاع عرض هذه المعلومات القيمة بطريقة
لا تسبب مللا ولا تنقص من تشويق روايته
بل بالعكس
تؤدي لإثرائها وتميزها عن أي رواية تشويق أخرى

وهذه المرة يبحر بي براون في عالمي المفضل
فدائما المجال العلمي يثير فضولي ومتعتي ورغبتي الدائمة في المعرفة

ومجال الفضاء يستهويني من أمد بعيد
أحب ناسا واكتشافاتها وطاقمها
ودوما أتذكر العظيم كارل سيجن
الذي كان أول من علمني أن العلم أكثر متعة بكثير
من أي فانتازيا خيالية في كتاب حكايات

لذا استمتعت بكل ما كان يتعلق بالنيازك والحفريات ومركبات الفضاء
وهذا الخيال العلمي المتشبث بالواقع
وهذه القدرة العجيبة لدى براون على التلاعب بنا كقراء مرة بعد مرة

أحببت راتشيل ولم أشعر بالخيبة كما توقعت
لأن روبرت شخصيتي الخيالية الجميلة الطيبة
لن يصحبني معه هذه المرة في محاولته لحل الألغاز

صحيح أن هناك شيء كبير مفقود بغيابه
إلا ان براون نجح في دمج عنصرا الخيال والتشويق
وقدم لنا مرة اخرى رواية محفزة للخيال مليئة بالمعلومات المبهرة

ملحوظة
ألا تشعر أن دان براون احيانا يصنع رواياته وكأنه سيناريو لفيلم سينمائي؟
لأنني في هذه الرواية بالذات لم انفك أشعر بذلك
وبقوة

#هامش

لا
لم اجد ما يساوي متعتي بشيفرة دافنتشي بعد
ولكن عندي أمل
:)

Really enjoyed this book, was worried I wouldn't understand it but Dan Brown writes in such a way that everyone gets it. Didn't expect the ending, was a real page turner.

I usually like Dan Brown stories, or at least the Robert Langdon series. For some reason though this book just didn't grab me. It had all the necessary items - government intrigue, buried science tech, romance - but it left me feeling kind of flat. The characters seemed stiff and the story kind of dragged.

في البدء كنت متخوفة جدا من قراءة عمل لدان براون لا تجري فيه تحقيقات ورموز وآثار يحللها روبرت لانغدون ... الا انني في الواقع استبدلت لانغدون بمايكل تولاند

I am a loyal fan of Dan Brown and am proud to say that I have read all his books except for the Angels & Demons which I hope to read in the near future. My first read of his work was The Da Vinci Code and from that point there was no stopping of reading his works.

Mr. Brown is an amazing story teller. In his books he combines actual historical incidents, historical institutions, secret societies that were and are in operation, secret government institution, agencies etc., with outstanding plot lines which give the stories an air of genuineness.

My first reaction to Deception Point was that it has no codes! Dan Brown, the master of codes has indeed written a book without codes! Interesting!

The book is woven around NASA’s discovery of a meteorite containing fossils claiming evidence of extraterrestrial life, the effect of this finding on U.S national space policy and future of NASA, the impending U.S presidential election, a daring scientific trickery and an astonishing deception.
NASA discovers a meteorite which contains fossils that produces evidence of extraterrestrial life. On President’s instructions four expert civilian scientists, including the charismatic oceanographer Michael Tolland and White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton sets out to NASA finding site at Milne Ice Shelf in the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the NASA finding. The team unravels however that NASA’s claim is false and a disturbing deception has taken place. But before they can alert the relevant authorities, a mysterious team of assassins follow their trails with a fierce determination to kill. The events take place thereafter unfolds a thrilling story line and concludes with some shocking revelations.

The book is quite informative with all research well done. The story line is thrilling. The female protagonist, Rachel Sexton was well portrayed to make her so believable. She is a woman with a strong mind yet she has her own fears which show that she is real, almost human. Her hatred towards her father given his history of infidelity which indirectly caused her mother’s death is almost natural. The male protagonist too has been given equal strength in the book which I found quite refreshing. I am always amazed by Mr. Brown’s ability to develop the characters so well that you feel they are so real and close to your heart. The book also subtly touches on political maneuverings to hold power/ to get in to power which is all too common anywhere in the world.

However, I felt that although there were a female and a male protagonist, the other characters were also equally strong and because of that the strength attached to the main characters were quite diminished. And also the NASA finding and its deception and the political maneuvering described in the book although was meant as part of the story, I felt the political maneuvering part as a sub plot to the main story line which kind of hindered the smooth flow of the main story. But these minor blemishes did not stop me from enjoying this enthralling tale.

All in all good research, good story line, fair character built and good suspense. Yet another interesting work by Dan Brown.

Deception Point is a fast paced thriller and enough twists & turns. But overall it was disappointing as a Dan Brown novel. Mainly because:
1.It does not feature puzzles based on symbology or history, which made Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code so interesting, which you will miss.
2. Neither the main protagonist nor the main antagonist leaves any impact. It makes you wonder whether the 'bad guys' are fighting for a good cause & vice versa
3. The climax is incredibly weak & stretched out.
Weakest Dan Brown novel...

10 years ago, I read Deception Point for the first time and fell in love with it from the very first line.

This plot-driven story had the impeccable power of interconnecting several storylines, with a masterful and genius pace, into the most chocking twist that anyone wouldn't see coming.

Throughout the times I was reading this novel, my heart kept beating hard and hard in my chest, and I was always on the run to catch-up with the actions that were happening.

In terms of characters, I found all of them to be very interesting in following their perspectives.

I have been re-reading all of Dan Brown's novels this year, and that is to celebrate my 10 years of reading Dan Brown for the first time, starting with the book, which would always be a part of me, and that is The Da Vinci Code. The Da Vinci Code was 'the' book that put me into the path of reading, and for this I would always cherish it--and thus, I am also celebrating the first time I got into reading!

#10YearsOfDanBrown

این کتاب با سه اسم در ایران چاپ شده، نقطه‌ی فریب، تزویر و حقیقت یخی. بر خلاف آثار قبلی که از دن براون خونده بودم اینجا خبری از رابرت لنگدان نبود و خبری هم از کشف رمز و راز باستانی و تاریخی و نمادشناسی نبود. داستان از این قراره که در نزدیکی انتخابات ریاست جمهوری آمریکا بودجه‌ی زیاد و شکست‌های پیاپی ناسا باعث شده اصلی‌ترین رقیب پرزیدنت در موضع بهتری قرار داشته باشه چرا که پرزیدنت حامی سرسخت ناسا و رقیب اون از مخالفان ناساست اما در همین اوضاع ناسا به یک کشف تاریخی میرسه، کشفی در یخ‌های قطب شمال و این شروع ماجرای کتابه. داستان کتاب پرکشش و خوبه، در حد بقیه‌ی کتاب‌های دن براون اطلاعات جانبی نداره و کمی واقعی‌تر نوشته شده. در نهایت بعد از خوندن چندین کتاب از دن براون می‌دونم که در خلال داستان داره چی میگه هر چند من خیلی با تفکراتش موافق نیستم اما نمیتونم هنر قصه‌گوییش رو زیر سوال ببرم.ه

Decisamente non ci siamo.
Quando leggo un thriller di Dan Brown non mi aspetto I fratelli Karamazov e sono disposta a chiudere un occhio (o anche tutti e due) su tante lacune in cambio di qualche ora di onesto intrattenimento, però qui si esagera. Per una logica perversa, in questo libro i consueti difetti in puro stile Dan Brown sono amplificati, senza però quelle atmosfere affascinanti che sono state la fortuna dei romanzi più riusciti, qui inspiegabilmente abbandonate in favore di una debolissima vicenda a sfondo scientifico-politico.
Immaginate i personaggi più stereotipati che vi vengano in mente: lei bellissima intelligentissima e coraggiosissima, lui pure di più (infatti si innamoreranno dopo circa 15/20 secondi che si sono incontrati); non dimenticate l'indispensabile comprimario buffo a sdrammatizzare la situazione, dei cattivi cattivissimi e poi dei cattivi che in fondo sono buoni. Aggiungete al mix un traditore (che banalmente sarà quello che tutti ci aspettiamo che sia già da pagina 30, tranne ovviamente i nostri astuti protagonisti che si fideranno di lui ciecamente finchè sarà lui stesso a rivelarsi). Ora prendete i nostri (super)eroi e infilateli nelle situazioni più ridicolmente improbabili che vi vengano in mente; a questo punto le cose si fanno difficili, perchè dovrete superare voi stessi e pensare a dei modi ancor più ridicoli e improbabili con cui dovranno riuscire ad uscire indenni da dette situazioni. Essenziale poi un tedioso prologo di 150 pagine, che si accompagna benissimo a delle dissertazioni pseudo-scientifiche buttate dentro un po' a caso, atte a dimostrare quanto siete fighi. Ciliegina sulla torta: il mistero più loffio della storia dei thriller. Un'organizzazione governativa crea una finta scoperta scientifica per aiutare un'altra organizzazione governativa: wow. Fremo di entusiasmo. Ora manca solo l'happy ending di rigore. Certo ci è scappato qualche morto, ma a chi importa? Erano bruttarelli e antipatici!
Ecco, questo è quello che vi aspetta se leggerete questo romanzo, e vi assicuro che non ho inventato o aggiunto niente.

Hardcore rollercoaster

Finishing my 2021 Reading Goal with such an underrated Dan Brown novel!! This could have been a near-perfect reading experience if it wasn't dragged and bloated by the onset of the final climax. But still, a great and enjoyable sci-fi (almost) thriller with some political accounts.

More words to come... LMAO