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Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

9 reviews

pravallika_manju's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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olivia23_23's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It was a good book, a very typical Dan Brown story. It does follow a similar structure to many other Dan Brown books, such as the Robert Langdon ones, but it was still fun to read.

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siniandi's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Interesting story, fast paced, suspense with an interesting twist. At some points also quite predictable. The male gaze is incredibly strong on this one, which made it uncomfortable to read at some points.

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saroreen's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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angela005's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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almyworld's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Ein Roman, der mich zum Ende hin zappeln ließ und voller Plottwists war. Dan Brown ist wirklich ein Spezialist, was den Aufbau und das Halten der Spannung betrifft. Der Wechsel der Perspektiven konnte auch hier diese verstärken und konnte in der Handlung selbst so zwei unterschiedliche, aber zusammenhängende, Handlungsstränge entstehen lassen. Allerdings muss ich sagen, dass die Beschreibung von Frauen generell mir nicht wirklich gefallen hat, da diese eher sexualisiert werden und sie zum Teil nur als begehrenswerte Objekte in diesem Roman auftauchen, denen kaum Glauben geschenkt wird (selbst wenn sie recht haben) oder nur als Romantische Interesse dienen. (Zusätzlich ist es teilweise echt ekelhaft, wie sie vom körperlichen beschrieben wurden. Der "Male gaze" ist hier eindeutig zu erkennen)

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criminal's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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fhmdadhd's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

One of Dan Brown's weaker works. Terrible and contradictory character development, you can see the twist villain coming from 50 pages away. Everything in the plot happens conveniently and the author relies on a McGuffin to drive the plot throughout 80% of the book. The book started off well but crashed and burned in the third act.

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ravensandlace's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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tw: sexual harassment, racist comments, fat shaming, ableism, child abandonment, murder

Believe it or not, Dan Brown writes more than just the Da Vinci Code series. He actually has two other books counting this one that is not related to the Da Vinci Code world. They are written very much in the style of the Da Vinci Code which makes it easier to transition to these books. I own the other one and will eventually read it.

Onto the actual review. This book was good. It wasn’t fantastic but I didn’t hate it. It didn’t blow me away or keep me on the edge of my sea but I enjoyed the ride nonetheless. It was just a real solid book and sometimes, that’s all you can ask for.

One of the positives about this book is that the MC, Susan, is a code breaker. I love that. Seeing women in STEM makes my heart soar with happiness. It doesn’t happen often enough in literature, in my opinion.

Another positive is how non confusing the multiple POVS were. Sometimes, more than two POVs can get a bit chaotic but not with this book. I knew exactly what was going on.

I also appreciate how things were explained in this book. Anything that wasn't known to the common people was explained. Brown always spends so much research into all his books. I applaud him for that.

But unfortunately, that also can be a bit of a negative. There was a lot of CIA and technical jargon that I didn’t always understand even with the good explanations. It left me a little confused at times, hence the lower rating.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. It has me super fascinated with everything CIA. Dan Brown is such a talented writer and I can’t wait to read Deception Point.

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