Good read - nothing more (Digital Fortress - Dan Brown)

Member Name: elbar1

Product:	Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
Date:	05/01/09 (82 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: easy to read and entertaining

Disadvantages: nothing new

Like most people who tackle Digital Fortress by Dan Brown these days, they loved the Da Vinci Code and want more of the same. This book satisfies the need to a certain degree with some mysteries, some crimes, some twists and turns and a few (but not many) thrills. Overall I was not particularly impressed with this book and I'm glad I borrowed it from a friend rather than buying it myself.

The plot is very typical. There is a murder. The murdered man makes a last ditch attempt to reveal a code as he is dying. The code holds a secret. If the code is published them bad things will happen. Two ordinary people must save the world! That's it in a nut shell!

Digital Fortress is similar in genre to Dan Brown's other books but without the very strong religious element of Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code. I think it was this religious element that I enjoyed and I found lacking in Digital Fortress. The story revolves around code breaking. If this is an area that interests you, I am sure you will enjoy this book as a gentle read. There are a few murders, a few nerve-wracking chases and people working against the clock.

I am not a fan of Dan Brown's writing style generally. I think it is pretty poor and I know that I can write creatively to much the same standard with very little effort at all. However, he can tell a good yarn and I love the fact that with his books your mind is constantly wandering trying to solve the mysteries along the way.

OVERALL: A good story told in a mediocre way.

Summary: Quite a good book