Deception Point - Dan Brown

Dan Brown may have made it to the big time with a religious thriller, but he also writes things like Deception Point which is based more around politics. As with most of Brown's other books, Deception Point is a mildly satisfying experience whilst you are reading, but is ultimately pretty empty. The plot actually reads more like a Michael Crichton novel than a Dan Brown one. A beleaguered American President and NASA make an incredible discovery in the Arctic and sends in some experts to investigate. They gradually uncover a conspiracy which makes them doubt what they are being told and who they can trust. It contains all of Crichton's trademarks, as ...  Read the complete review

I started taking an interest in Dan Brown when I first read his book ‘The DaVinci Code’, just like so many other people. I enjoyed the book tremendously and although a little far-fetched and not always correct, it was a darn good read. Soon after I bought ‘Angels & Demons’, read it and still liked it, although I wasn’t quite as delighted. For a long time I was unsure whether to read (or rather buy and read) his other two books ‘Digital Fortress’ and Deception Point’ that had been written and published before the two mentioned earlier. In the end I bought both books at my local Tesco for £3.72 each, I couldn’t make up my mind which one to buy. I needed ...  Read the complete review

I'm getting sick of Dan Brown and his poorly written excuses for literature, like many I read The Da Vinci more to find out what the fuss was about than any real desire to read it. As a novel its badly written, flawed, however, its saved by being well thought out and leads the reader on to find out more. I then moved onto Angels and Demons and again enojoyed the way the author writes interesting puzzles within the story whilst ignoring the lack of character development, the ridicuolous fact that everyone is either good or bad, but all are young or good looking. So onto Deception point and any excuses given to the author have to be extinguished, ...  Read the complete review

I read this book a month ago, and I do not intend to go near it again to refresh my mind. Why do I not want to go near it? It robbed me of many many brain cells, and stole several hours of my precious life the first time, I should really burn it but I have also read 'Fahrenheit 451' and I won't be going there. Actually thinking about it I have misused the word book to describe this, it isn't a book it's a film plot summary that has been padded out. Everything about it screams film. Normally the difference between a book and a film is that the film has to be a distilled version interpreting and cutting to fit the medium. Deception point would require none of ...  Read the complete review

I have now read all four of Dan Brown's novels. I started with The Da Vinci Code and have just finished Deception Point. So, I suppose it's about time to cast a judgement and give you a review of Deception Point. I'll try to get around to the others later. Deception Point is the third of Brown's novels. Like the others the plot does stretch the credulity to the limit. The story line is centred around a Presidential election where the incumbent (Zack Herney), all round nice guy, is coming under heavy criticism by his shady opponent (Senator Sedgewick Sexton) for his support of NASA. NASA is being portrayed as a bottomless money pit, producing ...  Read the complete review