After I have read this, I swore to myself that I am not going to read a Dan Brown book anymore. Though this book is not the worst ever, I just prefer Dan Brown's classics -- and by that, I mean the 'Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels and Demons'. :)

I think this book could have been 200 pages shorter and still managed to tell the full story.
I say so because it at times felt like Dan Brown was just filling up pages just so the book can be longer, some scenes and conversations took longer than was necessary and were rife with repetition. Also, it took him 100+ pages to finally reveal what the whole mystery/discovery was. He really knows how to drag tbh.

Ho letto La verità del ghiaccio, di Dan Brown.

Sarò breve: una vera schifezza.

Fine della recensione.



Schersssssssssssssssssso ....

Il fatto è che non volevo leggerlo, perché già lo sapevo che sarebbe stata una schifezza. Solo che era in offerta a soli 5 Euro. Mica facile trovare libri con questi prezzi stracciati di questi tempi. Mi sono lasciata ingolosire. E così me lo sono letto.

Un’accozzaglia di stupidaggini incredibili. Ve ne racconto una, tanto per darvi l’idea.

Immaginatevi due uomini ed una donna, i nostri eroi, nel bel mezzo dell’Artide: un freddo da paura, cui non sono neanche lontanamente abituati, dato che vi sono stati portati solo da pochi giorni o, addirittura, nel caso della donna, da poche ore, per mezzo di aerei che volano a Mach 3. E già il fatto che non siano rimasti secchi sul velivolo, perché, anche in questo caso, era la prima volta che ci salivano, è già notevole.

Comunque, torniamo al fatto. Sono sulla banchisa, morti di freddo, e tre uomini cominciano a sparargli addosso. Ovviamente, riescono a schivare tutti i colpi. I cattivi hanno sempre una mira che fa pietà. E i buoni hanno sempre capacità da contorsionisti ed un culo della madonna.

Poi al bellone del gruppo, perché, si sa, i buoni sono anche tendenzialmente attraenti e molto intelligenti (benché sfugga, effettivamente, come faccia una persona intelligente a ficcarsi in certi casini, ma sorvoliamo) viene in mente che sulla slitta c’è un pallone sonda. Lo fa gonfiare (sempre sotto il tiro dei nemici che, in teoria, dovrebbero appartenere a dei corpi superspecializzati e, quindi, ci si aspetterebbe che, quanto meno, con quel costa sovvenzionare tale tipo di addestramento, siano almeno in grado di centrare una sonda che non è esattamente piccolissima come bersaglio … invece no … col cavolo che la beccano) e si fa trascinare dal vento, assieme ai suoi due compagni, su e giù per le colline di ghiaccio, con sbattimenti vari contro i pendii.

A questo punto anche il lettore più credulone comincia a sviluppare qualche perplessità sul fatto che i tre civili, che fino al giorno prima vivevano e lavoravano in normalissimi uffici in zone a clima temperato ed il cui massimo sforzo fisico era stato quello di portare alle labbra una tazzina di caffè, possano ancora essere in buone condizioni. E invece sì. Stanno benissimo persino dopo che la piattaforma di ghiaccio su cui sono finiti si stacca dal corpo principale e precipita nell’oceano artico. E’ solo dopo un pochetto che, bagnati fradici, galleggiando sull’iceberg, denunciano un certo affaticamento e si chiedono come usciranno da tale critica situazione. E’ la fine direte voi.

Ma no. La bellona nonché intelligentona (eh sì, c’è anche la bellona, of course … altrimenti di chi si sarebbe potuto mai innamorare il bellone nel corso dell’avventura?) si rammenta di avere al fianco una piccozza. Ovviamente, durante tutto il casino precedente non l’ha mai persa e non le si è mai ficcata per errore in una coscia o in un occhio … è una piccozza disciplinata questa, che si comporta assai meglio di quegli incapaci dei corpi speciali e aspetta con pazienza che venga il momento di essere adoperata, senza intralciare. E cosa fa la bellona? Batte con la piccozza sul ghiaccio il segnale di SOS in morse.

Ellosò cosa state pensando: “Ma figuriamoci, quando si ha bisogno di aiuto, non si trova mai nessuno neppure se si chiamano al cellulare tutti i numeri memorizzati in rubrica, nemmeno se si è in pieno centro di Milano e si urla sino a sputare le tonsille e questa qui si aspetta che qualcuno senta il suo SOS battuto con un piccozza su un iceberg in mezzo all’Artide? Ma dai …”

E invece sì. Lo sente un sottomarino che, guarda caso, passava proprio lì sotto. Il sottomarino se ne andava per i cavoli suoi, per scopi del tutto estranei alla situazione critica che stanno vivendo i nostri eroi, ma passa proprio di lì nel preciso momento in cui la bellona batte l’SOS e, tra tutti i rumori che presumibilmente rilevano gli apparecchi di bordo, capta proprio la richiesta di aiuto.

Ecco, il tenore del romanzo è questo. Va riconosciuta la furbizia dell’operazione commerciale di Dan Brown. Questo romanzo, esattamente come Angeli e demoni è precedente al Codice da Vinci. Ovvero, prima del successo del Codice non li aveva considerati nessuno. Adesso si smerciano come il pane sulla scia dello scalpore suscitato da quest’ultimo. Eppure, nessuno di essi vale un centesimo bucato.

Meditate, gente, meditate.

رواية مذهلة ، كمية معلومات مهولة ، و طريقة سرد رائعة و تشويق و إثارة لأقصى الحدود ، عمل عظيم جدا و كتجربة أولى لى مع أعمال دان براون أقدر أقول انها تجربة ناجحة جدااا .

لكن لي ٣ تعليقات :

الاول : الرواية دي تصلح انها تكون فيلم اكتر منها كرواية و أنا متأكد انها لو اتحولت لفيلم هيكون فيلم ناااجح جدا


الثانى : بلا شك ان الرواية مشوقة جدا لكن كان في التشويق دا عيب واحد ، و كأن دان براون أدرك فرط التشويق الموجود فى الرواية فكان بيضيف فقرات مملة ولا ليها أى لازمة حقيقية إلا أنها تعطل القارئ كام ثانية على ما يوصل للسطور اللى هو عاوزها ، انا شخصيا في اكتر من مرة كنت بمر بعيني بسرعة كدا على كذا سطر و أفوتهم لأنهم ملهمش لازمة و حذفهم كان هيبقى أفضل.


التالت : أمريكا ليست رب هذا الكون ، أينعم أمريكا دولة متقدمة و هى القطب الاول في العالم حاليا لكنها ليست القوة المطلقة في هذا الكون فأظن انه من الانصاف عدم قطع الاعناق في مبالغات خيالية عن قدرات أمريكا و الأمريكان .

I hadn’t read a book by Dan Brown for four years. I have to admit that the “Robert Langdon” series started to get bored, so after a long break, it happened to me "Deception Point" and I decided to try again.

The plot is intriguing: in the ice of the Arctic Circle, in a meteorite traces of fossil life are found, proof that we are not alone in the universe. Unfortunately, the scientific discovery falls in a delicate moment, the presidential election campaign, the interests at stake are great and unscrupulous characters seem ready to do everything to influence the events. This is why the President involves independent civilian scientists and Rachel Sexton, an intelligence analyst, to validate the discovery.

Once I finished the book, I was rather in doubt about the feelings it left me, some positive and other negative.

As in other novels of this writer, there is always a mystery and two characters, a man and a woman, who join their respective knowledge and skills to solve it. The thriller is well built, is based on topics that hit the public: government secret organizations, national security, corruption in political circles and in the end, the NASA, an institution that over the years has won the hearts of all the Americans and not only them.

I like the style, Dan Brown skillfully builds the scenarios where the action takes place, between Washington and the Arctic, passing from sudden scientific discoveries to daring pursuits with shootings by mysterious men. Unfortunately, there are many and short chapters (about 134) and since the action moves on different characters or groups of characters, often you remain pending for at least a couple of chapters before resuming, with the risk of losing the effect or read others superficially (as happened to me).

Then, the many scientific explanations often appear at points where they break the pace, with the results described above. An example: the protagonist is summoned in chapter 10, but the reader discovers what is involved only in chapter 22. In the end, the sense of waiting is excessive: we pass through dialogues, flashbacks, characters whose sole purpose is to guide and that postpone the explanations to others and so on.

In short, I can’t say that it is the best book I have read, but it is well constructed, great for keeping the reader glued to the pages, with a ‘clean end’, which doesn’t dislike anyone, it doesn't dig up dirt on two sacred figures like the President and the NASA, which in the end are unrelated to the fraud . I noticed several similarities with another book by Dan Brown, "Digital Fortress", with which he seems to be a pair.

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

أشار المؤلف في بداية الرواية إلى أن كل التقنيات و الأسلحة الموصفة موجودة فعلا ... و نشرت الرواية عام 2001 لذا و بعد انتهائي لا يسعني سوى أتساءل في عام 2012 ما حجم ما وصلت إليه ناسا و لا نعلم عنه شيء ؟ و لأي درجة من التطور وصلت التقنيات التي تستخدمها القوات الأمريكية ...
و على لسان مدير ناسا في الأحداث بالطبع أنه يوجد تأخر مقداره اثنتي عشر سنة بين ما يمكن أن تبنيه الحكومة و بين ما يعلم عنه الشعب ...
رواية مميزة جدا

18:50, 29/7/2011 Mission accomplished:D Am done w."Deception Point" by Dan Brown Another awesome thrilling novel of hid, as usual. Highly recommended... Full brief review will be written later :)


17:50, 5/8/2011 SOOOOOOOO Here is my full review :) ENJOY!!
“Everybody lies” is a phrase that keeps being repeated over and over again in every episode of the famous American TV series House. Most people believe in the truth of this phrase, however I am not one of them; or at least I am not, except when I am reading any of Dan Brown’s novels. So far I have read all his novels except for “The Lost Symbol;” hence, I could say that I am considerably aware of his style of writing and the general framework of his novels. But still I have to admit that every time I was taken aback when the moment of truth came in any of his novels. Personally, the concept of truth in any of Brown’s novel exceed the general meaning of “not lying,” it goes on to represent the opposite of illusion, namely it is more attached to the concept of reality; it is concerned with such question as: is what you are seeing, experiencing, being told is indeed the truth or are you being played by like a toy in a marionette show? So although all Brown’s novels kind of agree on the same framework and style of storytelling, each one of them is an enjoyment in itself and a masterpiece in one, or several, particular field of knowledge. Talking about “Deception Point,” I have to admit that although it is represented as a novel, a thrilling, amazing, rich and interesting one to be fair, it is also a brief textbook about the ocean world, the meteorites, the space battle, NASA, new weapons, the political battle during presidential elections in the USA, the human psychology, etc… quite a lot of stuff if you asked me, and that is what I like the most about Brown. He is not only a novelist but a transmitter of knowledge, enjoyment and an enhancer for open-mindedness and for thinking outside the box. The two main lessons that I learnt from this novel are simple but deep. First, never blindly trust what you are told regardless how much you trust the person you tells you, but always question and seek the truth of things by yourself. Second, don’t rush about judging people, especially those with high responsibility in the community, because around everyone of them there are a bunch of hidden players who work on arranging the game as they like, but if the people responsible are indeed up to their responsibility, they will eventually overcome the hidden players and be worth of the respect and the duty that people attach to them.

Hardcore rollercoaster

5 stars
A thrilling and gripping page turner with a lot of action and almost non stop tension, building up towards the end. I really liked the characters and was so afraid Corky would die on me lol with the exception of Gabrielle. I found her to be quite gullible and annoying and although she redeemed herself at the end, it wasn't enough for me to like her. Although it did cross my mind who the controller might be, I dismissed the idea not wanting it to be him, which proves to me Brown did a good job in character building and getting me to connect with them. I'm a slow reader but managed to read this book (close to 600 pages) in nearly a single day, I just couldn't put it down!

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.

در سیاست رسم است که اگر بخواهی رقیب را از میدان به در کنی، حتماً دو نقطه ضعف از او داشته باشی. چون ممکن است مردم از یک نقطه ضعف بگذرند ولی از دو تا هیچ‌گاه نخواهند گذشت


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