- Gebundene Ausgabe: 304 Seiten
- Verlag: William Morrow; Auflage: 1 (23. Oktober 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0061252727
- ISBN-13: 978-0061252723
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,2 x 2,6 x 22,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 512.274 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Ben Mezrich studierte an der Harvard-Universität in Cambridge. Er schreibt für verschiedene Zeitungen und Magazine.
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Liest sich gut, aber irgendwie unglaubwürdig. Als Roman aber nett, Das Ende ist allerdings irgendwie doof, man kann jetzt nicht wirklich erkennen ob das Projekt gescheitert ist oder nicht
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Just slightly better than completely useless
24. August 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I picked up this book hoping it might be something on the order of "Liars Poker" or "Barbarians at the Gates" or "The Pay Pal Wars," books that imparted huge amounts of information about the businesses that they covered. Boy, was I ever disappointed.
Mezrich's characters are suitable for comic books, the business concepts he imparts are perhaps the level that would be explained to fourth-graders on a field trip, and the plot is close to non-existent. I'd say his writing is boring but it seldom rises to that level.
I trade futures and FOREX, so I know a bit about markets and finance. Most of the narrative-type business books I have read give me at least one or two important pieces of information about the business itself. What Mezrich imparts about the Merc can be put into a one-page pamphlet.
I was most of the way through this piece of dreck when I realized what the point of this book was-- Mezrich is hoping to land a movie script. He tried to write it simple and shallow enough for Hollywood mogels to understand, and he tried to incorporate glitz and money and sex.
Save your money, save your time-- skip this book. Mr. C.S.
Mezrich's characters are suitable for comic books, the business concepts he imparts are perhaps the level that would be explained to fourth-graders on a field trip, and the plot is close to non-existent. I'd say his writing is boring but it seldom rises to that level.
I trade futures and FOREX, so I know a bit about markets and finance. Most of the narrative-type business books I have read give me at least one or two important pieces of information about the business itself. What Mezrich imparts about the Merc can be put into a one-page pamphlet.
I was most of the way through this piece of dreck when I realized what the point of this book was-- Mezrich is hoping to land a movie script. He tried to write it simple and shallow enough for Hollywood mogels to understand, and he tried to incorporate glitz and money and sex.
Save your money, save your time-- skip this book. Mr. C.S.
78 von 92 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
"Non-fiction" written as a bad novel
24. November 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I first encountered Ben Mezrich when I read his book "Bringing Down the House" about a team of MIT blackjack card counters. The book was weak, but I put this down to the fact that the author was a fiction writer and this was his first work of journalism. Unfortunately, Mr. Mezrich's feel for journalism has not improved since then. In fact, I think that it's safe to say that journalism or even a good term paper is beyond Mr. Mezrich.
One of the most staggering weaknesses of "Rigged" is that Mr. Mezrich seems to know nothing about modern markets and computer driven trading. What passes for his journalism seems to be nothing more than interviews with a few people, which he then embellishes to the point where I would not believe anything I read in his books. Mezrich does very little research and does not interview the range of people that would add any depth to his books. He is, in effect, writing a "non-fiction" novel.
The best part of Mezrich's books is his description of the New York Merc. floor traders. Mezrich seems to understand on some level that these "Meatheads" are vestiges of a rapidly fading trading era. Apparently Mezrich has never visited any of the equally huge trading floors run by large companies that trade even larger volumns via computer. There he would have seen huge networks of computer systems and staffed by highly intelligent traders. Mezrich does not even seem to have any idea that something like computer model driven trading exists.
Computer driven trading is what drives markets now. The topic of the book is the construction of an oil trading center in Daubi. Along with technology, Mezrich seems to have missed any issues involving the political and economic forces in the Middle East and Asia which might drive the creation of this exchange. The book has all the feel of a work that has been hacked out in a few months.
If Mezrich wrote like the young Hunter S. Thompson all this might be forgivable. Unfortunately Mizrich is only an adequate writer. One virtue of his books is that their very simplicity makes them a quick read.
I am happy to say that I have gotten both of Mezrich's books I've read from the library. Unless your idea of excellent writing is Clive Cussler, I'd save my money.
One of the most staggering weaknesses of "Rigged" is that Mr. Mezrich seems to know nothing about modern markets and computer driven trading. What passes for his journalism seems to be nothing more than interviews with a few people, which he then embellishes to the point where I would not believe anything I read in his books. Mezrich does very little research and does not interview the range of people that would add any depth to his books. He is, in effect, writing a "non-fiction" novel.
The best part of Mezrich's books is his description of the New York Merc. floor traders. Mezrich seems to understand on some level that these "Meatheads" are vestiges of a rapidly fading trading era. Apparently Mezrich has never visited any of the equally huge trading floors run by large companies that trade even larger volumns via computer. There he would have seen huge networks of computer systems and staffed by highly intelligent traders. Mezrich does not even seem to have any idea that something like computer model driven trading exists.
Computer driven trading is what drives markets now. The topic of the book is the construction of an oil trading center in Daubi. Along with technology, Mezrich seems to have missed any issues involving the political and economic forces in the Middle East and Asia which might drive the creation of this exchange. The book has all the feel of a work that has been hacked out in a few months.
If Mezrich wrote like the young Hunter S. Thompson all this might be forgivable. Unfortunately Mizrich is only an adequate writer. One virtue of his books is that their very simplicity makes them a quick read.
I am happy to say that I have gotten both of Mezrich's books I've read from the library. Unless your idea of excellent writing is Clive Cussler, I'd save my money.
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A Page Turner?
5. Januar 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Hardly. This book was a chore. There was no excitement in this book whatsoever. I had to force myself to finish it. I wanted to double slap the main character more than once for being such a milquetoast. I kept waiting for the intrigue. Well, if that's what your after, don't bother buying this book, because there is none. This book is a terrible failure on Mezrich's part.
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