Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Deception Point

Author - Dan Brown
Pages – 583
ISBN number -0- 552- 15176-9
Genre – Fiction/Thriller/Sci-Fi 

“Brown proves once again that he is among the most intelligent and dynamic of authors in the thriller genre. He has skillfully blended his own wit and style with rip- roaring adventure of Cussler and the modern technology of Clancy. Highly recommended – Library Journal”

“A case study in suspense. Unputdownable. - Washington Post”

After reading “Angels and Demons” and all the bad reviews about it, (haha! :P ) I started hunting for Dan Brown’s books. As a result I ended up buying the books, “Deception Point” and “The Da Vinci Code”.

Synopsis:

When a new NASA satellite finds evidence of a rare object buried deep in the arctic ice, the space agency is glad to announce their victory after being unsuccessful for a long time. This finding becomes a great influence for the upcoming U.S Precedential election. To verify about the discovery the president sends the White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton, the daughter of the opponent, Senator Sexton to the Arctic. She is accompanied by a team of academics including Michael Tolland, one of the best science celebrities in America.
Rachel finds evidences of a trick played in the discovery of NASA which brings danger to hers and the lives of her fellow mates. Running for their lives, Rachel realizes that the only way to survive is to reveal the mastermind behind this trick. This discovery which is about to change the reputation of NASA and the history of the world is in stake! The truth will be a great shock to the whole world!
Will Rachel and Tolland survive to reveal the truth?

My thoughts:

Well, this isn’t an adventure of the ‘famous’ Robert Langdon and this incident doesn’t take place in a location related with ancient history (which disappointed me L ). But still, the story fascinated me! With all the thrilling moments he had narrated, I was glued to the book until the very end!  

The main character, Rachel Sexton plays dual important roles throughout the story. As an intelligent analyst for the white house and as the daughter of the Senator, the opponent of the president. She turns out to be a very strong willed, unbiased and a loyal woman. A woman who works for good and for her country. I liked the way the author had described her feminine qualities. Her fear for water and her fear for heights were a bit funny facts in between all the serious stuff happened! Because she overcame all her fears by the end as if she had none! Her will for living might have forced her to forget her fears but that was weird for me.
Michael Tolland, the charming man according to Brown, have been helping Rachel while her struggle to reveal the truth. A true companion and a savior I would say. 

The teeny weeny bit of romance didn’t fascinate me either.

Even though I didn’t like the romance, I loved the way the book flows. At the beginning I was feeling a little lazy to read the book. But, since I knew the formula of Dan Brown, I kept reading and when the mystery started revealing, I could not stop myself from reading. It was marvelous!!! Dan Brown knows the dose! ;)

The climax was breathtaking! I felt like as if I’m in there reaching out for help! (Joking :P) but it was indeed an “OMG” moment! I’ve always loved the way Dan Brown narrates such scenes.

The book is full of deceptions just as the title says!! The way he discusses few different aspects of the society is something really important. Especially the political issues takes place in the modern society. I’ll simply summarize it as “Power does not remain in the places where only money is flooded. Winning the hearts of people is way more important!”  Political revenges, trickeries and the outcomes are well displayed throughout the book.

I enjoyed the concept of extraterrestrial life (or aliens). It wasn’t the typical long headed, bubble eyed, freaky creatures. I really appreciate that thought of the author. It was an out of the box kind of thought. And as always this book of Dan Brown too contains so much knowledge in it.

I recommend this book to all the science, thriller, mystery and adventure lovers!   

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Angels & Demons

Author: Dan Brown
Genre: Mystery thriller
Pages: 572
Robert Langdon a world renowned symbologist is summoned to a Swiss research faculty to analyze a symbol which was seared into a murdered physicist’s chest. This journey along the streets of Vatican City turns out to be a dangerous one where Langdon had to stand in the verge of life. What he discovers is a timeworn organization, “The Illuminati” and the threat from it to the Catholic Church. He and Vittoria Vetra a beautiful but puzzling scientist, join hands to save the Vatican City from a dreadful time bomb.

Talking about the book, this book is the prequel written by the author to the world famous “The Da Vinci Code”. A mixture of Science, History, thrill and mystery.
The main character, Robert Langdon is a man to himself. These chain of incidents which he faces brings many changes to his life. This phase shows him who he is and what he is capable of. He turns out to be a brave person.

On the other hand, Vittoria Vetra a beautiful, mysterious and a strong woman, helps Langdon throughout the course. Though she had to face number of tragic incidents, het intention to reveal the truth was strong. Which she succeeds in.

The book was slow moving at the beginning. But, as you read you get into a place where you forget to wink. Your hands automatically goes to your mouth or you clench your wrist! The scenes were set in an amazing way where the reader starts living in it. The writing pattern gives you that realistic feeling. To be honest, I couldn’t move until I complete reading the book. I was bounded to it. The book kept me guessing and I was in a hurry to read the next page. Must say that the short paragraphs made it much easier. As the scene flows we were in the next page. 

This book has been reviewed negatively most of the time. But for me, Dan Brown has written the book including so much knowledge in it. The book forced me to learn more about ‘The Illuminati’, The Vatican City and ‘CERN’.
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The best scene (for me) was, the moment where Langdon and the Camerlango were in a helicopter with a bomb raised to the sky and Langdon was abandoned. He risks his life in order to save the Catholic Church. Later on we understand this is the moment where Langdon realizes the whole truth.

Overall, the book was an adventurous, amazing one with incidents which makes you forget the real world! I loved it! This book was the reason to buy Dan Brown books every time I see one! J This book will be a good read for History, Science, thriller and mystery lovers.

“Before the ‘DA VINCE CODE’ was broken the world lay at the mercy of ‘ANGELS & DEMONS’ “