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Summary: Great Read
Review: This is a book I could not put down. There is a lot of intrigue and suspense, and Finder has done a remarkable job of keeping the story-line realistic. Finder does a great job of character development, but avoids any self-absorbed long descriptions that take away from an exciting plot. This book was well-researched, and anyone looking for an exciting, fast-paced, smart, and suspense-filled book should pick this one up.
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Summary: Good Story Poorly Told
Review: This actually is potentially a good story with an interesting premise, but the writing is sloppy to the point that it gets in the way of even somebody determined to enjoy the tale. The characters are utter cliches (the black convict with the heart of gold, the sexy brainless secretaries, heartless, shallow and corrupt CEOs with no redeeming features, etcetera etcetera.) The dialogue is totally wooden and the main character Adam's thoughts and speech make him sound more like a particularly dim fratboy than somebody smart enough to do corporate espionage. Often we get things like "the view was nice" or "the babe was a hottie" without anything really being described. I wasn't expecting "literary" prose, but this is just too much. Also, I found it especially distracting that so many of the cultural references made (Adam is supposed to be a contemporary 26 year old) seem to come right out of the eighties instead of the present. They seem to refer more to the author's own youth. One of the most ridiculous and misplaced references is to the film "Porky's." There is, however, a reference to "bling bling," but it's obviously forced in to make the writing look hip and isn't even used correctly. I couldn't believe my eyes--this is the kind of stuff that even minimal research can fix, but this book seems to have been tossed off with an eye to Hollywood and disdain for readers. Does Saint Martins Press employ editors? This book should have been much better. Not recommended.
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Summary: good book with a surprise twist
Review: Adam Cassiday works for Wyatt Telecom he his a low level employee who has no drive or ambition to get things done does just enough to get by.Everything is fine until he decide to throw a lavish going away party for one of his buddies who is retiring from the loading docks as an assistant foreman.This the kind of party that is reserved for the higher ups that have things like Dom Perignon a big band and extravagant food with cost like 78,000 dollars which he hacks in to the company computer and takes money from the Corporate Events account to pay for it and that is when the trouble starts and when this story really takes off.
Adam gets caught and faced with the possibility loss of job 30 years in prison and a million dollar fine things look pretty blique when he is offered a alternate deal by the CEO of wyatt to be trained by the wyatt people and go with a hyped up resume to a rival in the industry and be a corporate mole ( a spy )and find out what the rival Trion's secret project is that is rumored around the industry the so called next big innovationThis looks like a pretty good deal for Adam chance to keep a job not go to jail make a fat salary with perks.Adam gets into Trion with a stellar resume that was cooked and is moving up the ladder fast with help from training at Wyatt's people and eventually becoming the CEO's right hand man at Trion things look great making around 250,000 dollars a leased porsche a huge new apartment and a new girlfriend all just for getting information on a project called Aurora and all is fine til Adam start to have a change of heart when he is befreind by Trions CEO Jock Goodard who is kind of like a father figure to Adam and with the change of heart comes the real turn in the story I found this story fast paced and many twist that made it exciting with a surprise ending I thought it was a pretty good read
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Summary: Oh Come On
Review: I was mislead by all the 5-star ratings into buying this book. After reading it, all I can assume is that the author has more friends than talent. A thriller is a thriller, and I don't expect great literature, but I do hope for reasonably competent writing. I expect characters that aren't cliches, a plot that hasn't been done over and over, dialogue that has some zip and doesn't stoop to bathroom humor. This book is like too many of hollywood's recent movies--the same boring stuff. I can not recommend this book.
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Summary: Good Story, Bad Writing
Review: The premise and "story" of this novel were great, but the writing is so amatuerish it is amazing it got published. Can there be any more 4-letter words in this thing? I'm not a prude, but these words should be used like salt - just enough to season, too much and its unbearable. The characters seem to suffer from Turrets. Also, the writing is full of cliches "the room was spinning", "his/her eyes were moist", "stomach was in knots". And everthing was like in-a-movie. The car "shined like in a movie", "Ah Mr Bond..." The ending had a good twist, but the writing made it hard to give it above 1 Star. If it becomes a movie, I hope they get a good script writer.
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Summary: Only If
Review: If you like to read the same basic thriller that's been published so many times before, if you enjoy generic obvious humor, if you want nothing fresh or out of the ordinary, if you believe in supporting things that have been designed only to make money--this might be for you. Otherwise, you might be as sickened and disappointed as I was.
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Summary: Not for Everyone
Review: This is a so so book if you're over 60 like myself.
I'd recommend it for Yuppies.
Rating:
Summary: Great thriller
Review: Not much more I can say that others haven't already. A great corporate espionage thriller. A hell of a read!
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Summary: A seriously riveting thriller, a certain high-budget movie
Review: Rave reviews have greeted Paranoia, and not without justification. I don't read too many books in the thriller genre, but Paranoia held my interest from beginning to end. This is a spy story set within the corporate world, and it all starts when Adam Cassidy (maybe Nicholas Cage for the movie?), bored out of his gourd, charges (without permission) a very costly retirement party for a company laborer. I mean, the guy wasn't even an executive, so what was Adam thinking?? Nailed and at risk of losing a job he loves to hate, Adam is trapped, and the CEO offers to let him off the hook if he'll become a mole in a rival high-tech company. In the blink of an eye, Adam, carrying false credentials and a lot of moxie, finds himself names as the personal assistant to the rival company's founder.
Then the plot thickens: he begins to admire his new 'boss;' the pressure from his old boss to get yet more secret info increases; he likes his new job with all its benefits; and he likes even more his new lover, a company employee.
You won't get much sleep till you've finished this tale. Take naps. It's worth it.
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Summary: Lives up to the hype (3 1/2 stars)...
Review: Adam Cassidy knew that embezzling money would ruin his career. But instead of ending up in prison, he goes from doing gopher work to having the proverbial corner office. He drives a fancy car, possesses an unlimited bank account and is able to cover his father's medical expenses. However, he's achieved said merits by submitting to blackmail and becoming a corporate spy. And things take a turn toward disarming... I am not a fan of this sort of thriller, but I nevertheless enjoyed Paranoia. I like the fact that Adam is the cynical, apathetic type. The aforementioned character makes the novel interesting for me. I did not like the corporate jargon and the you'd-better-carry-plenty-of-KY-Jelly retorts that seem to come straight out of a blockbuster film starring Tom Cruise. I have no doubts that a successful film will be made out of this novel. Paranoia isn't food for the brain, but for sheer entertainment value it can't be beaten. Recommended...
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