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Lädt ... Shimmer (2009. Auflage)von Eric Barnes
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I really enjoyed this book. It is a suspense-filled read that keeps you wondering what is going to happen to these people until the end. I have known people that have been involved in Ponzi schemes (both as the swindled and possibly the swindler), so I found the whole book seemed a bit melancholy. I was constantly wondering how this big secret that the CEO has is going to destroy the lives of the characters in the book. I also felt sympathy for the 'swindler' who doesn't seem to be the arrogant greedy bastard you expect him to be. LOL[return]I would agree with some of the other reviews that you can either take this book as a great fast read, or dive into the characters deeper.[return]I will definitely be picking this one up again for a reread at some point! ( )An interesting story about being sucked into the vortex of a startup tech company built atop a foundation of lies, Shimmer is written in an expansive style which is sometimes difficult to follow, yet it certainly engages you. Though implausible -- at times the technology involved is treated as if it were magic -- the strong suit of Shimmer is its characters, who are drawn believably (if sparely). In a different book, the protagonist might be cast as a white collar criminal, yet here Barnes renders him in a sympathetic light. The pressure builds throughout the book, and while the ending feels a tiny bit Hollywood, I'd certainly read another Eric Barnes novel. Good stuff from a real writer. I confess that I covertly read this on my phone when I was supposed to be paying attention. It is also the first book I've read on a phone. Shimmer has reasonably smooth writing and the plot progresses at a good pace. The tone is pleasant despite the protagonist's stress. It is essentially a black box novel in which the box is never opened for the reader; instead, a certain amount of deus ex machina resolves the conflict. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I loved this book - it was a page turner from the start! It was hard to decide whether or not Robbie Case was the bad guy or a victim of a run-away train and I still don't know. The story is told by alternating between the 3rd & 1st person of Robbie - it took a few tries to get the feel for changes but I think that it added to the attachment that you get for this guy. The plot was well thought out and developed (I'm not a techie, but managed to follow the gist of the business that Robbie was juggling) but the driving force of the novel are the characters. They are all integral to his being able to keep all of his proverbial balls in the air and their dedication to Robbie - more than his company - is interesting and I only wish that I could have learned more about them. I'm definitely looking forward to Eric's next book!! Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Once I started this book, I couldn't stop. It was fast-paced, plausible, and suspenseful. The only thing that bothered me a bit with this one were some slight technical inaccuracies that, while they didn't interfere with the story, will likely be picked up by a computer geeky audience.I would definitely pick up another book by this author to read his work again! keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In just three years, CEO Robbie Case has grown Core Communications, a data technology company, from 30 people to over 5,000. Now a $20 billion company made legendary by its sudden success, Core is based on a technology no other company can come close to copying, a revolutionary breakthrough known as "drawing blood from a mainframe." And Robbie, its 35-year-old CEO, is acclaimed worldwide for his vision, leadership and wealth. Except that all of it is based on a lie. The technology doesn't work, the finances are built on a Ponzi scheme of stock sales and shell corporations, and Robbie is struggling to keep the company alive, to protect the friends who work for him and all that they've built. Each day, Robbie tries to push the catastrophe back a little further, while his employees believe that they are all moving closer to "grace," the day their stock options vest, when they will be made rich for their faith and loyalty and hard work. The details of the lie are all keyed into a shadowy interface that Robbie calls Shimmer, an omniscient mainframe that hides itself, calculates its own collapse, threatens to outsmart its creator and to reveal the corporation's illegal, fragile underpinnings. Shimmer is the story of a high-tech crusade nearing its end. The shell game Robbie has created is finally running out of room. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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