Kivlahan,+Thomas

Entry One and Two: I have chosen is Deception Point by Dan Brown. I found this book at the Ames Library. I chose this book because I have read several other books by the same author. He also wrote Angels And Demons, The DaVinci Code, and The Lost Symbol. I greatly enjoyed all of them. It is very hard to predict what this author will write. He makes tons of Red Herrings. He almost never has any foreshadowing. The only thing I can predict is that it will be a very unpredictable story. The book starts with the murder of a scientist in the arctic. After that the focus is on a the main character who is the daughter of a politician.

Entry Three and four: 10-22-10: I apologize for missing the last entry. I don't like excuses so I won't bother anyone else with any. I am currently on page 344. This is a book that is very hard to put down because Dan Brown will have a cliffhanger scene with one character's point of view and then go to another point of view. Then he will end that scene with a cliff hanger. It can keep you reading forever. So far the main character has been brought to a place where a meteorite with evidence of extraterrestrial life has been found by NASA. They later find out that the meteorite was placed there on purpose but they have no idea why. My favorite quote from the book is //"we've got flagellates," Tolland said, staring into the luminescent water. "Flatulence?" Corky scowled. "Speak for yourself." Rachel sensed that Tolland was in no joking mood.// I like that quote because it made me laugh and it shows some personality characteristics of the main characters.

Final Blog: I just finished my book (Deception Point, by Dan Brown) and it was great. It had lots of twists and was always interesting. The main character is named Rachel. She is the daughter of a Senator running for president. She seems like a very good person. She is never motivated by money or power. Her father is as terrible and corrupt as politicians get. She gets most of her values from her mother who died a few years earlier. Rachel hates her father and in the end of the book she destroys his chances of being president.. If there was a theme to the book I would say that it is that you have to choose the lesser of two evils. I say this because one person was killing innocent people for a cause that was honorable and the other side wanted to privatize NASA. The book has several settings. It starts at the Milne Ice shelf in the arctic. Then it goes to Washington DC. Then it goes to a large ship in the ocean outside of DC. The settings affects the story a lot because the main characters almost die in the ice shelf and also in the boat. The author 's style is very interesting. He convinces the reader that something is true in one part and provides a lot of evidence to back it up. later the reader finds out that it is all a big scam or misunderstanding of some sort. He does this every book of his. His style has a huge impact the work. His books would probably still be interesting without that writing style but it makes the story a lot more dramatic. The plot was pretty inventive. I have not seen anyone write quite like Dan Brown does. He uses a ton of red herrings and maybe two or three examples of foreshadowing. The only thing that I did not like about the book was the feeling of frustration that comes with the author waiting so long to say what happened to someone. That method, however, keeps the reader from putting the book down. This book is very good. It is a great thriller and Dan Brown includes lots of little known facts to keep the story interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a quality and exciting thriller.