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A review by katiescho741
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
2.0
Of course, I've read The Da Vinci Code and the slightly better Angel's and Demons, so I wanted to give his first novel a go.
Digital Fortress is a decent thriller about a code breaking computer that fails to break a code. It's a bit more specialised than his other books-lots of computer and cryptography talk.
Part of the book is the head cryptographer's husband running round Seville hunting for clues..this was the bit that annoyed me because it was so forced. A languages teacher with no investigative experience keeps stumbling across the people and things he needs to solve the case.
The parts at the NSA were more interesting. But, overall, this is a good beach read thriller- easy to read, fast paced, and characters with simple motivations.
Digital Fortress is a decent thriller about a code breaking computer that fails to break a code. It's a bit more specialised than his other books-lots of computer and cryptography talk.
Part of the book is the head cryptographer's husband running round Seville hunting for clues..this was the bit that annoyed me because it was so forced. A languages teacher with no investigative experience keeps stumbling across the people and things he needs to solve the case.
The parts at the NSA were more interesting. But, overall, this is a good beach read thriller- easy to read, fast paced, and characters with simple motivations.