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Summary: If people at the office were this twisted and evil....
Review: ....I'd opt for sleeping under a bridge rather than work for a living! Fortunately, most evil bosses are far too lazy to come up with a scheme as convoluted as the trap set for Crichton's protagonist. This book did not age very well, as do most novels concerned with technology. It's hard to care about a portable CD player; it's kind of like reading a book with a souped-up 8-track tape deck as a plot device. ("Rising Sun" suffers in the same way, as it is concerned with ultra-advanced videotape technology). You get the feeling that on another day, Crichton would have centered his plot around a 5 1/4" floppy disk manufacturing plant. However, the sadistic and petty nature of the Meredith, Blackburn, etc. is inspired. The trouble they go through to nail a political opponent is jaw-dropping. The histrionics and self-righteousness of remind me of "Mommie Dearest". In the end, you're glad that these are extreme exaggerated characters who earn a just come-uppance. It's not "Great Expectations", but it's an entertaining read.
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Summary: A good book to know the corporate world
Review: Disclosure is a relevant book in the modern world where managers use their power positions and coerce their subordinates to gratify themselves. It is not always a vindicative thought which propels people to treat others disrespectfully. Present day tensions, insecurity of becoming obsolete in ones position, being displaced, misfit in their job profile leads to frustration which usually finds expression in the form of harassment of a junior. The subordinates always face the brunt of their managers'unreasonable demands being at the receiving end! The book captures the reader with the intrigues of the corporate world where relationships are manipulated to make ones way up.
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Summary: Reverses Sex Roles
Review: DISCLOSURE investigates what it's like for a man to be sexually harassed but have no one believe him (i.e. instead the computer company sides with the woman). As things worsen, we get to see the man's working world constrict around him as all his friends turn away. Of course, this all leads to a bigger matter, typical of the Crichton novels, but we love it. A very good read.
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Summary: Who has the power?
Review: Amazing story. Even if it was written 7 years ago, we still have the same question, in the companies who has the power? The answer is not the men nor the women, the power is in the position of the company whether is a man or a woman who is the president, and when that president want something he or she will do whatever he/she has to do to get it, it doesn't matter if is his secretary or her personal adviser, it doesn't matter if nobody want to do this or that thing, if the boss say something they will do it.
The story of the book is different because is a man who make charges to a woman of sexual harassment, it is difficult to believe, but it can be real. The book will keep you reading all the time, but has a little mistake, you know exactly what happened in the first chapter and you know who is guilty, may be it will be more interesting if you didn't know exactly what happened until the end of the book.
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Summary: Bravo!
Review: WOW. "Disclosure" is an excellent book, not only for its story line but also for its plot twists and pace. Even with heavy technical (although outdated) info and legal jargon thrown in from time to time, the author makes sure the reader is never lost or loses interest. I found myself saying, "just one more chapter and then I'll stop" but I found that I couldn't stop (I read the whole book in a day -- something very rare for me!). This was my first Michael Crichton book. I'm sure it won't be my last.
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Summary: An Excellent Corporate Thriller
Review: Michael Crichton has done pretty well on this one. It is a fairly exciting book that managed to keep me interested throughout the story. The characters are highly believable, and it explores an issue (sexual harassment) that is rarely touched by most writers. This is not really the central focus of the book however; it gravitates more towards corporate intrigues and the balance of power within a company, which is fine with me =) Be forewarned, however, that this book contains a graphic sex scene and plenty of profanity, so if such things offend you it might be better to stay away from this one. Overall however, Disclosure is a very entertaining novel.
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Summary: The tables are turned
Review: This book took the growing issue of sexual harassment and political correctness and turned it on its ear. In doing so, Michael Crichton not only tells a compelling story, but also gets the reader to think long and hard about the issue of sexual harassment and male/female relations in the work place. The story moves at a break neck pace, through many twists and turns to an exciting conclusion. The book is much better then the movie which wasn't able to convey all the subtleties and nuances in the plot. A very enjoyable and thought provoking book!
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Summary: Great book although a little funny to read it in 2003
Review: This was a great novel. It kept me up at night trying to read more and more pages. I think Crichton did that on purpose by keeping the chapters small so you wil try and read just a little more.
The book is a bit outdated though (written in 1993). Crichton explains new computer technology such as CD-Roms and Virtual Reality. It is funny to read about them now, but back in 1993, they must have seemed like the future.
All in all, a great book.
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Summary: One of the better Crichton books
Review: I honestly couldn't stop reading "Disclosure" once I started it -- I always wanted to know what would happen next; and unlike "Timeline" (which I also couldn't stop reading), it didn't read like a movie script. In "Disclosure", we get Crichton's usual background information regarding topics the reader may not be familiar with: in this case, sexual harrassment claims against women. With this book being written in 1993, we are also introduced to the concept and history of "e-mail" and "virtual reality". Although in this case I think Crichton's attempt to include new technology in the plot (as he often does in his works) seemed a little tacked-on rather than essential and fully integrated, it certainly doesn't get in the way. While reading "Disclosure", I kept finding myself pulling for Tom Sanders -- the main character -- as along the way he kept running into yet another snag. Because Sanders did not have a cookie-cutter, stereotypical sexual harrassment case, he had to fight even harder, as though he were guilty until proven innocent. I think it's that feeling of helplessness that made me keep wanting to know what would happen next -- and made it all that much more real to me. Perhaps that's because, as Crichton notes in the Afterword, this is based on a true story.
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Summary: One of Crichton's best
Review: Disclosure is definitely one of the best Crichton novels I've read. Granted, the only other books of his I've read are Timeline and The Great Train Robbery. Unlike many authors I've followed, Crichton differs the characters, and makes them all the more believable. In a John Grisham novel, for example, every character is so similar, you read it as if everyone is talking in monotone. In Disclosure, you have your boyscouts, your sophists, your feminists, your nerds, your womanizers and flirts. It's very delicious and real. Another thing I love about Crichton's books is he does research. He knows what he's talking about. Disclosure touches on all forms of equality, all sorts of sensitive issues, that can only be passed as sexist by the blind and the dense. You'll find yourself nodding your head when Sanders describes all the things he has to careful about to avoid being marked as a sexist/pedophile (consoling a crying child on the streets, staying alone in a room with a strange child, etc), that women can do without hesitation. The unwritten rules of the males. There are many twists and turns in the story, and things aren't as predictable as they seem. It took me about 50 pages get into the story (all the technical terms took some getting used to), but once things started getting hot, I couldn't put the book down. I kept flipping forward a few pages to determine the length of the chapter, then glancing at the clock, then deciding that I'd read one more chapter, only to read a few more chapters after that. Many of the chapters in Disclosure are fairly short, which makes for much easier reading. If you are not easily offended, you WILL get hooked to the story, I guarantee it. There's also some cool science fiction stuff that I won't reveal. But that's expected, I mean, we are talking about a Michael Crichton novel. 5/5 stars
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