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jonjas 's review for:
Deception Point
by Dan Brown
Surprised to see this one rated so poorly, guess that comes with the territory given Brown’s popularity though.
I dig Dostoevsky, I worship DF Wallace- but every now and then ya need a beach book, a page turner, and Brown seems the best of ‘em to my mind. I’ve been on a thriller kick in general lately, and 95% of the time there’s a problem with the writing, the characters, or there’s a glaring plot hole. I didn’t have that experience with this one. Ya you know twists are coming, but they still managed to surprise me. Ya it’s formulaic and a bit shallow, who cares? If you’re the type that just enjoys a good story, if ya just want somethin that draws you in- everyone’s got different tastes, but to me this has its mass appeal for a reason. I’ve been through 12 books in the past month now, this is the best of ‘em by far. My only gripe would be that it defies plausibility, but that’s not really a legit complaint- that’s what you get with these kinda books, it’s par for the course. Might as well say the Mission Impossible movies aren’t realistic- like, no crap man. Five stars, let the haters hate.
I dig Dostoevsky, I worship DF Wallace- but every now and then ya need a beach book, a page turner, and Brown seems the best of ‘em to my mind. I’ve been on a thriller kick in general lately, and 95% of the time there’s a problem with the writing, the characters, or there’s a glaring plot hole. I didn’t have that experience with this one. Ya you know twists are coming, but they still managed to surprise me. Ya it’s formulaic and a bit shallow, who cares? If you’re the type that just enjoys a good story, if ya just want somethin that draws you in- everyone’s got different tastes, but to me this has its mass appeal for a reason. I’ve been through 12 books in the past month now, this is the best of ‘em by far. My only gripe would be that it defies plausibility, but that’s not really a legit complaint- that’s what you get with these kinda books, it’s par for the course. Might as well say the Mission Impossible movies aren’t realistic- like, no crap man. Five stars, let the haters hate.