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spankster79 's review for:
Deception Point
by Dan Brown
**Warning: The review contains spoilers**
This is a syndicated book review.
I have very much enjoyed Dan Brown’s novels, as they fulfill my need for a quick paced read. I did not, however, enjoy this novel as much as the others. Perhaps it was the subject matter, perhaps it was the formula, or perhaps it was the characters. In any case, I felt myself finishing this out of obligation, not curiosity.
Although there were a couple of big “reveals” in this story, I found them uninteresting and anticlimactic. I think that the story would actually have been more interesting had the meteorite actually been real. There just seemed to be little real threat. Not only did I find it obvious from the beginning, but I also found the rationale for the fabrication to be dubious, at best.
To me, it would have made much more sense if the private space exploration companies had set NASA up for failure by providing the false meteorite, allowing its discovery and then exposing it as a fake. And while Pickering had good reason to want the President to stay in office, it does not make sense for him to so quickly go from a character with such disdain for NASA to paving the way for their success, especially because of the fact that numerous times it was stated that he did not care at all for NASA.
Perhaps it would have made sense if he had actually had something to gain, which I think could have been achieved if his motivations had been fleshed out. Here again, the story falls short as the groundwork was laid by explaining his motivation of wanting NASA as part of the national security structure, but this is never explored further and does not really play in to his motivation.
This was a quick, action packed read, but the story failed to deliver meaningful characters or a compelling story arch.
This is a syndicated book review.
I have very much enjoyed Dan Brown’s novels, as they fulfill my need for a quick paced read. I did not, however, enjoy this novel as much as the others. Perhaps it was the subject matter, perhaps it was the formula, or perhaps it was the characters. In any case, I felt myself finishing this out of obligation, not curiosity.
Although there were a couple of big “reveals” in this story, I found them uninteresting and anticlimactic. I think that the story would actually have been more interesting had the meteorite actually been real. There just seemed to be little real threat. Not only did I find it obvious from the beginning, but I also found the rationale for the fabrication to be dubious, at best.
To me, it would have made much more sense if the private space exploration companies had set NASA up for failure by providing the false meteorite, allowing its discovery and then exposing it as a fake. And while Pickering had good reason to want the President to stay in office, it does not make sense for him to so quickly go from a character with such disdain for NASA to paving the way for their success, especially because of the fact that numerous times it was stated that he did not care at all for NASA.
Perhaps it would have made sense if he had actually had something to gain, which I think could have been achieved if his motivations had been fleshed out. Here again, the story falls short as the groundwork was laid by explaining his motivation of wanting NASA as part of the national security structure, but this is never explored further and does not really play in to his motivation.
This was a quick, action packed read, but the story failed to deliver meaningful characters or a compelling story arch.