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Digital Fortress: A Thriller

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Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312995423
ISBN: 0312995423
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2004-01-05
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: 2003-12-30
Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks

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When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs -- but by a code so complex that if released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.

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Customer Rating:

Summary: Do. Not. Read. This. Book.
Comment: This books sucks. It stinks. It is a waste of paper and ink and I resent the time I wasted on it - though by the end annoyance and incredulity had given way to wry amusement at the author's incompetence.

The plot is ridiculous and completely implausible, with holes an eight year old could spot. To say that the characterisation is cardboard is an insult cardboard. The technical details are so inaccurate as to be laughable.

Utter, unmitigated rubbish. One star only because no stars is not an option.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Unimpressed
Comment: While I am a fan of Mr. Brown's later work, I was unimpressed with Digital Fortress. His understanding of the technology is clearly lacking and his attempts to fictionalize them makes for a rather boring read.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Great Author, bad story
Comment: The plot was interesting, full of action like all his books. However, the main characters were so extremely "perfect" (they are gorgeous and geniuses at the same time) and the romance was so cheesy (they are PERFECT for each other and nothing is wrong with their relationship). Many plot twists can only be found in stories, for example, the main character needs to find a girl and it JUST SO happens that the first guy he met at a CONCERT knows who she is, and it JUST SO happens that the girl missed her plane ride when he got to the airplane. There are just way too many convenient conincidences to tell a story. There were also many inconsistencies of the book, and Brown seemed like he did a bad job researching about Asian cultures. I enjoyed Dan Brown's other books, but this one was disappointing.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Fun But Unbalanced
Comment: Digital Fortress offers up nail biting suspense but only with characters that could have used greater development. The heroes and villains lack depth and complexity but nevertheless follow a plot line that is interesting and informative and with occasional surprises to make this an overall good read. Since a lot of thrillers seem to follow this formula I didn't really fault this book too much for the above mentioned defects.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Worse than lame
Comment: Having read Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress I can only say he spins a good story if you can get past the nonsense. This one was the hardest to get through and the absolute worst of those 3 (not that the other 2 are stellar either). The plot is predictable and the characters are stupid (even though they hold degrees I can only dream of). Others far more knowledgeable than I can tell you how bad the technical stuff was, my limited knowledge just made it bad enough to wish he'd done just a little research to make it sound a bit more plausible. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, not even an enemy.

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