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Book Review By Eugene Kim
Deception Point by Dan Brown

The main character, a high-level briefer for the National Reconnaissance Office, is called upon by the President to investigate an incredible finding of extraterrestial life by NASA, on a remote glacier near Greenland. When she arrives, she teams up with a group of scientists and engineers to prove the validity of the sample. However, they are ambushed and pursued by Delta Force, members of NASA, and most incredibly... an extremely high-level government member is the mastermind behind it.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
Search for technology?

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Mid-Atlantic states
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - North Pole
City? Yes
City: - Washington D.C.

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Unusual forms of death - eaten - drowned - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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