If there’s one reason why
Dan Brown’s books sell faster than newspapers, there’s only one – ‘Ingenuity’. Once again, the man has proved that what one cannot achieve from poetry and ‘Shakespearishness’ one can achieve through in-depth research, a well-planned
plot, fast-paced adventure and oh yes, good humor.
Specifically speaking about ‘
Deception Point’, the book rocks! If it wasn’t for the controversy bit in ‘The Da Vinci Code’, I’d say ‘Point’ was much more well-plotted, adrenaline rushing, pulse kicking and a gamut of adventure. I’m lucky that I’d finished the
earlier three books before laying my feisty eyes on this one, because the story, the finesse, the streamlined plot seems so much more advanced than the earlier ones that I would have felt disappointed on starting Dan Brown through this one, and then reading my way through the
rest.
The most striking thing about this book is ‘NO CRYPTIC ARTWORK’, ‘NO ANAGRAMS’, ‘NO MIND BOGGLING PUZZLES’ and YET the book gets you on the edge of your seat! The rest of the books (leaving ‘Fortress’ maybe) were principally based on these cryptic baubles, the rest of the story just ballooned in while the reader patiently waited for these puzzles to be solved. Not in ‘Point’, no sir! You’ll find your heart racing to twice the speed at the end of every chapter. You would feel like kicking Dan in the shins when one story would be left hanging at cliff edge while he swiftly continued an earlier one in the next chapter. But once the events unfold, once you get more and more interested, an addiction takes over you, wanting to finish the thing in a single sitting.
The story goes like this: The Presidential polls are arriving and the self-righteous and dignified US President Zach Herney is balancing on crippling stilts as his opponent Senator Sedgewick Sexton is gaining momentum. Then there is the NASA, which has made an astounding discovery that would surely change the notion of the general public about it. And finally there’s Rachel, the beautiful daughter of the senator, on the run from a faceless adversary, the hapless victim sandwiched between these events. Above all them, there is someone, an overlord, a political manipulator, a dangerous ally and someone who puffs dust in the face of the politicians, the NASA and the citizens of the US through large-scale deception. There is a reason for the truth to not out and for anything that comes in the way…to be eliminated.
The book, once again is rich in detail and the content is A-grade seeded from the author’s well-planned plot and impeccable research. The spectacular thing is that everything in the book is believable and logically explainable. The reason why his story is so never guessable is that he pulls all stops to find a method, a tiny flaw or a gap which can only be achieved with a mind like his. Also on many counts the book is like the others written him. For one, there is the quintessential death in the prologue; the humour is just as same and Dan proves that he can have finesse and yet dangle the word ‘ass’ from somewhere!
I tell you, even if you have read his earlier works and didn’t like them, trust me, don’t miss this one!
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