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Nice. ( )

May have been good, just couldn’t get into it- way too ‘techie’ for me. ( )

This is a second rate thriller and I am getting a little tired of Brown's style. Every book is the same with short chapters, constant switches between 2-3 scenes. The man is a hack or close to it, or a best-selling hack.

I was going to be stingy with the stars but since the book kept me ripping through the pages at what's a fast pace even for me, I'm giving it a five. Suspenseful and mostly well written all the way through. ( )

Dan Brown has yet again made a book that had me hooked onto his every word. This man needs to make more books and fast!

In this novel, Susan is a cryptographer who learns about a brand new, unbreakable code called Digital Fortress. She must try to save the agency back in America while her lover is in Europe trying to save the NSA by finding the "safe key" to stop the code as well.

This novel has twists and turns I didn't see coming, much like every other Dan Brown book I have read. There isn't anything more I could ask of Dan Brown in this book, since it was perfection to me. The chapters weren't super long, I learned many new facts and the novel kept me hooked onto every word he wrote.

Anyone who likes a good mystery novel that is fast paced and addicting should pick up a Dan Brown book. It's so hard to put his novels down!

Five out of five stars! ( )

Digital Fortress is fast paced, surprisingly full of information and yet never dull... I loved the twists and turns the book took... ( )

Having read this some years ago, my memory isn't summoning all the details, though what I recall was outstanding. Brown is a master of unique stories and this one lives up to his abilities and then some. Unlike the "Angel" books, this goes an entirely different direction engaging the reader through great characters, intrigue and the unexpected. ( )

I had already read Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons before I read Digital Fortress. I think the main reason I rate this book so low is that I had this one figured out pretty early on after recognizing some of the elements of Brown's storytelling tactics, and it was kind of a let down. The other thing is this book talks about a subject matter I have professional experience in. A lot of times, I'm able to brush off a lack of reality if the story is compelling enough. But I wasn't able to do that for this one. Others may have a much different experience. ( )

This review is based on my second reading. The second reading of a thriller is never as good as the first because you have some memory of the first time through. That said, it is a good story, fast moving with decent action. Brown creates some momentum as he moves through his very short chapters. ( )

This one was good and I even learned a few things along the way. I thought it was well-written and kept me into it the entire time. ( )

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A fun ride. Loved it. ( )

So not my favorite book by Dan Brown. It wasn't awful I just wasn't into it. I just love the Robert Langdon series so much that it was weird reading something by Dan Brown that didn't involve Robert. I just felt like a lot was happening but also nothing at all. I don't think I would recommend this book. BUT his Robert Langdon series is still one of my favorites. ( )

Not as good as Robert Langdon books. ( )

Found this a very surprising book. While I have read all the other Dan Brown novels hadn't bothered to try find his first one, Digital Fortress, as random comments I read about it did not generate much interest on my part. Didn't expect much out of it due to comments and thinking what could be so exciting about computer code writing. Well, was I wrong.

This is as an intriguing adventure as any of Dan Brown's other novels. It doesn't have the dynamics of The Da Vinci Code it is an excellent techno thriller and deserving of more attention that it has gotten. The details are excellent. The story is extremely fascinating and Dan Brown throws out enough surprises and twists to keep the reader fixated on the story and not knowing what will happen next. Very candidly believe this is better than some of Dan Brown's other works. If you enjoy a good adventure this should be on your 'to read' list. ( )

Utter garbage. If it wasn’t because I listen to the “372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back” podcast I would have bailed on it ages ago. The writing was just horrendous. And the climax was a complete cop out. ( )

Let's get one thing clear, I don't care what other people say, I like Dan Brown's books. Yes you know what you are getting, they may be generic thrillers, but one thing you cannot deny is that they are page turners. Digital Fortress is no different, the story of a super coded piece of software that could bring down the American Intelligence Agencies. The excitement builds and builds until the conclusion. Not a spoiler to say things work out in the end with the lovely Susan Fletcher saving the day. Would recommend. ( )

Toxic waste! Avoid if possible. Clunky plot and bad 'twists' ( )

I've read some of Dan Brown's work and found that at least the research was interesting, but this one didn't even have that.
Other reviewers have pointed out the factual errors, so I won't go there. I will, however, say that this one was by far my least favorite because a) by now, his style has become rather predictable (begins with a death, big betrayal 3/4 of the way through, love interest is the tipping point for the decision to become involved, etc.) and b) it was just so cheesy and sexist. I mean, the fact that over and over and OVER he has to say that the protagonist is just SO strange because she is smart and pretty. It's just all over, "he looked at her legs and thought 'hard to believe they hold up a 170 IQ'" and "You're the only swimsuit model with a genius IQ" and every page or so he mentions the long willowy legs paired with the staggering intellect. The fact that the author finds it so incredible that someone can beautiful and smart was too much for me.
As for the other stuff, some of it was ok but the entire tone of the book was the once-handsome older gentleman trying to sound like a 40's suave man-about-town trying to impress his son's teenage friends by calling women "Toots".
It would have been funny if it was a parody, but sadly, no. ( )

Cuando el sofisticado superordenador de la NSA ?la agencia de Inteligencia más poderosa del mundo? intercepta un código que es incapaz de descifrar, ésta debe recurrir a su mejor criptógrafa, Susan Fletcher. Fletcher descubrirá algo que hará tambalear las más altas esferas de poder: un intrincado código que, si llegara a hacerse público, podría provocar el mayor desastre de la historia de los servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos.

It's a 3 and a half star read .
The whole story basically revolves around data, encryption and security(Extremely simplifying it). David Becker and Susan , our main characters are on a quest for a key that can stop top secret data from being released publicly. The organization named NSA is responsible for said data.
So, honestly speaking, I had higher expectations story-wise. There were a lot of predictable instances and not too many twists until the later part of the book. It felt dragged and unnecessarily descriptive in many parts of the first half of the book. Plainly putting it, I was never fully invested in the plot or the characters.
Now, talking about the positives; the research: I am always impressed how much research the author puts into his book. The writing style: It is simply perfection. The twists: Though this book lags the typical Dan Brown endings, it doesn't fail to add a few plot twists that make you raise your eyebrows.
Overall, I had higher hopes, but still enjoyed reading it. ( )

At last , not a Langdon novel. This one involves a female NSA operative put through the usual game of Twister to get to the bottom of the intrigue. ( )

A mystery revolving around the giant server farm used for data decryption at the NSA. Will they crack the password in time? A bit bland.

Has the same story arc and ending as all other Brown's books, but does not feature Langdon. ( )

The subject matter caught my attention, but this is clearly a very early work. The writing is sloppy... many technical errors and some very blatant misses... like having one of the main characters turn to use a urinal IN THE WOMAN'S RESTROOM!

If the writing and editing (was there any?) were tighter, this would be a very good story line about an unbreakable encryption algorithm that the NSA is trying to break into.

I enjoyed Dan Brown's later works, and this early one proves that writing is a skill that needs to be developed. ( )