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Summary: are there other Enron companies out there?
Review: Just finish reading this book and I have to ask are there other Enron companies out there? Most books that deal with history of a company are very dry and not much about the people who worked there. Brain Cruver kept me on my seat wanting to know more. I had read the stories in the News about Enron now at last I understand what happen. As I read what was going on in Enron, I kept thinking is this also happing in my company? This book is a part of business history that will be taught in school one day.
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Summary: Didn't read, but saw the movie
Review: Just looking at the excerpts; As I said saw the TV movie last night, and toroughly enjoyed that. If the movie was true to the book, and I'm sure Mr. Cruver told it like it was, since the movie was pretty true to the news reports I read ever since the story broke two Decembers ago. This must be a thoroughly riveting story. Not hard to beleive corporate, and government (which I work in) maagement can be like that. Good job, Brian.
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Summary: More than just an inside perspective
Review: Loved this book - most of all just couldn't put it down. Cruver worked at Enron, so his stories and his experiences are different from any journalist; although Cruver also reports on the story with unexpected humor. The characters are real, and I could not help turning page after page waiting to see what happens to each of them (read the book in two days!) - even though we may THINK we know how the story ends. This was also the first book, and while other reviewers say Cruver borrowed from news stories they forgot to notice that he wrote this book BEFORE those stories came out. Others question the fact that Cruver was forced to disguise names for legal reasons. Nonsense. Every story I've ever read on the subject of Enron has at least one "anonymous source" so Cruver takes you a step further and pushes the envelope on identifiying these not-so-innocent people. This is simply a great book that will be remembered as the Enron book most entertaining, most interesting, and most well-written. I hope he writes more books, and I can't wait to see the movie version of this one (CBS "The Crooked E").
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Summary: Loved this book! Sure to be a bestseller!
Review: My husband lost his reading glasses, so I read Anatomy of Greed to him...we marveled together at Cruver's ability to remember and then create such vivid pictures of the dad-to-day experiences he and others had of the rise and fall of the Enron empire. We loved Cruver's wonderful sense of humor and can see how this book will be easily adapted into movie form, as you really get to know and care about the characters. We felt we became part of the rank and file as we read each page, and knew what would eventually happen, but kept hoping it wouldn't! We also loved the personal notes Cruver includes throughout - this is a real guy with real dreams that crash and burn all around him - and enjoyed as well his clever use of time frames for each chapter. Along with being so entertaining and easy to understand, it is a wake-up call, and should be mandatory reading, particularly Chapter 11 (!), for all leaders of industry. Mr. Cruver learned a lot from his experience of Enron - you will learn a lot, on many levels, by reading his book.
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Summary: Unshed the truth
Review: My viewpoints on this book come from a very different angle then most reviews. I am only in 8th grader and the author of this book is the husband of my cousin. Im probably about 40 pages from the end and am actually enjoying the book. Some things go over my head, but I find it very interesting to see what actually happened. I think it's cool to see what it was like for someone who wasn't involved in all the lying and what it was like to be part of the company. I have learned a lot so far from reading this book and I highly recommend it to everyone else. P.S. If you carefully read the title, it is very clever, get it the Unshredded truth
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Summary: Unshed the truth
Review: My viewpoints on this book come from a very different angle then most reviews. I am only in 8th grader and the author of this book is the husband of my cousin. Im probably about 40 pages from the end and am actually enjoying the book. Some things go over my head, but I find it very interesting to see what actually happened. I think it's cool to see what it was like for someone who wasn't involved in all the lying and what it was like to be part of the company. I have learned a lot so far from reading this book and I highly recommend it to everyone else. P.S. If you carefully read the title, it is very clever, get it the Unshredded truth
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Summary: A junior look at Enron
Review: Naturally everybody is very curious about what really happened within Enron from an insider point of view. Unfortunately Mr. Cruver position was a junior one, and he didn't stay long enough - just a few months - to become senior. Probably just one or two years would do; he seems to be a smart guy and people at Enron seem to either move fast or get fired. To me it seems the author, after selling some small Enron memorabilia, such as cups etc. - decided to sell his "junior" Enron memories. If some one is looking for a good, non technical book about Enron, I suggest "Pipe Dreams", by Robert Bryce. If someone is really serious about Enron's accounting and financial practices, I suggest Mr. Neal Batson report to the USA Banruptcy Court, Soutrhern District of New York. By the way the second star is given because Mr. Cruver didn't loose his sense of humor despite all his troubles - and included some witty comments along the book. Also his periodic information about Enron's stock price is an interesting idea; one can compare the stock market's reaction to the sequence of Enron events.
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Summary: well done memoir
Review: Normally I am disappointed by "insider" books, which tend to be poorly written. This one was a pleasant surprise. It described vividly the experience of working at Enron, and the rape of the company, the employees, and the shareholders by top management, as seen from the view of an employee. It is well written, and Cruver manages to convey the essence of the businesses and the misdeeds of personnel without becoming bogged down in fact, law, and accounting rules. This is not a book for the reader intent on following the details of those rules and the precise nature of the corporate misdeeds. It is, however, fast without being dumbed down, and provides a great view of the world of the employees.
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Summary: well done memoir
Review: Normally I am disappointed by "insider" books, which tend to be poorly written. This one was a pleasant surprise. It described vividly the experience of working at Enron, and the rape of the company, the employees, and the shareholders by top management, as seen from the view of an employee. It is well written, and Cruver manages to convey the essence of the businesses and the misdeeds of personnel without becoming bogged down in fact, law, and accounting rules. This is not a book for the reader intent on following the details of those rules and the precise nature of the corporate misdeeds. It is, however, fast without being dumbed down, and provides a great view of the world of the employees.
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Summary: If you have ever worked at a large Corporation - Must Read
Review: Not many middle managers write books. This is a great read. This book provides much more insight into corporate life than books by Jack Welch et al. Can't wait for Brian's next book.
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