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A review by irfan3
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
4.0
This is my first read of Dan Brown's book. I got this one from a small book rental near my school, which I hadn't know until my 3rd year there. I'm interested in this book because I liked computer and programming, as well as I understand a bit about cryptography.
The idea is clear, Digital Fortress is about a defense system on a computer. But actually, it's just an encryption algorithm that's impossible to decode. Contrary to Begofsky principle, which said no encryption is mathematically unsolvable. Guess what? There's no Begofsky principle in the real world. I tried to google it but everything I found about Begofsky came from this novel, haha.
The tension in this book is so dense that I had to read it real quick. The short length of chapters help me a lot, I like this kind of books. I love the complexity of the plot, but what I think had missing is, the moral of the story. Yes, it is an adventure of a hero and a heroine fighting to survive and solve something. And so what? Their motivation is duty, not love. And there are no significant moral value on it.
The characterization is nice, but I hate the idea of a respectable person turned into a villain. Well, that's a spoiler. Oops. I
The idea is clear, Digital Fortress is about a defense system on a computer. But actually, it's just an encryption algorithm that's impossible to decode. Contrary to Begofsky principle, which said no encryption is mathematically unsolvable. Guess what? There's no Begofsky principle in the real world. I tried to google it but everything I found about Begofsky came from this novel, haha.
The tension in this book is so dense that I had to read it real quick. The short length of chapters help me a lot, I like this kind of books. I love the complexity of the plot, but what I think had missing is, the moral of the story. Yes, it is an adventure of a hero and a heroine fighting to survive and solve something. And so what? Their motivation is duty, not love. And there are no significant moral value on it.
The characterization is nice, but I hate the idea of a respectable person turned into a villain. Well, that's a spoiler. Oops. I