The point of a cookie cutter is to be able to make numerous amounts of the same shaped piece of dough. Dan brown has achieved this exact same feat except in literary form. As I have stated before, I read both Angels and Demons as well as the Da Vinci Code and all I can say now is brown couldn’t be more unimpressive if he tried. Really, just replace the word “NASA” with either “Jesus” or “The Vatican” and the plots of all three of these books are almost interchangeable. In addition, just like his other books it is the old, unsuspecting white guy who is the real villain. Pickering’s motives are just as crazy and misconstrued as either the camerlengo in Angels or Teabing in Da Vinci. Also the way Brown tries to link the different plot elements is completely illogical. If a bunch of delta force guys had just killed two people with snow and a micro-flying bug would your next stop be a virtually abandoned ship in an area of rough currents? Of course not! I wanted to like this book; however browns whole attempt at this conspiracy plot is both stale and unappetizing. His attempts at infusing action with “deltas” makes me queasy as it was difficult to tell what was happening during those scenes. Over all it has left a bad aftertaste that’s going to make it real tough for me to ever be interested in his other entrée of “Digital Fortress”.
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I think you need to open your mind more, don’t be so cynical. Read a book to enjoy it not criticize it. I think it was a really good book, so was Da Vinci Code, even if the plots were close. Besides it had to be Pickering, it was a powerful job that he held for a long time, and the President was too innocent and I don’t think Tench had it in her. As for the Delta Force team, they needed the information or else they had no proof. The plot made sense and I also have to had that I like cookies. So lighten up Dave and enjoy a good book.
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