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Summary: Characterization Very True-to-Life
Review: This novel was very true-to-life, similar in many ways to my own experiences in the corporate world. I bought this book just on the author's name, as I enjoyed so many of his other books. I didn't even bother to look and see what it was about before buying it (I was in a hurry). The subject matter surprised me. It really makes you stop and think. The main character seems so believeable, as do all the other characters--except Meredith, who is so far over the top! Yet, I HAVE known women like that in the corporate world. I was in the brokerage business for many years, and found all the characters very realistic. Anyway, to my surprise, at the end of the book, I found this novel was closely based on a true story, and the end tells what happened subsequently to each character. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about business intrigue. I read the whole thing in two days. It was hard to put down.
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Summary: Excellent Reflection for the Corporate World
Review: This was my first Michael Crichton novel and I intend to read more. It is very well written and is reflective of just what can go on "out there" in the corporate work arena. The story is lively and it kept me interested through the last word. The characters are very good examples of how vibration and reflection works. What happens throughout the book is due to individual thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and subsequent actions about unique situations at any given point in time. I recommend it highly to all my clients...
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Summary: Only for those who are not close minded....
Review: The reason so many people hate this book is they think that women never have and never will sexually harass a man. Even so, I think the book does a great job educating us about sexual harassment. It shows women the constant fear men have of being accused, because even if they win the case their reputation is ruined. It shows the horror women have of sexually harassment, and mostly of all it shows sterotypes. If you are opposed to the possiblity of a female superior sexually harassing an underlinging, you are too close minded to read the book...It might be noted that I've read (almost) all of Crichten's books. It's the only one I managed to read in 2 days. Couldn't put it down. (Jurassic took me 4 days, Airframe 3 days). It is a page turner, if you aren't prejudice agaisnt sexually harassed men anyway... Nobody believes Sanders because he's a guy, and that is horrible stereotyping. It shows how sexual harassment is a touch area in corperate politics. It gives plenty of insight into the way corperations work. The characters are great, full of personality, you can actually picture these people. Also it gives a fun glimse into technology of the 80's. I don't want to spoil any of it, but as I said, if you can handle a book about a man being harassed without spiting at the concept, its a great read. The novel definitely wasn't sexist cause it showed both sides, and such. The book for open minded people. Even if the character of Meredith is a little to she-devil, hey, aren't male bosses who harass females he-devils? No? My mistake.
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Summary: Crichton's Best
Review: Having read every one of Michael Crichton's books except for Jurassic Park and The Lost World (I know, it's hard to believe right) I am comfortable in saying that Disclosure is, without a doubt, his best book. Written fearlessly and emphatically, Disclosure tells the story of Tom Sanders, and the sexual harassment threat at the work place he is charged with against his new boss, and former lover, Meredtih Johnson. The book is simply written splendidly, creating a good cast of characters to tackle the superb plot that Crichton creates. We sit back and watch the novel unfold, and around every corner there is something we don't expect, and we like the novel even more because of this. As the novel moves along at its quick, yet steady pace, we watch all the things that Tom encounters, and are smiling at the way that Crichton uses Tom as his stepping stone, crossing this line here, encountering something incredibly different there. The novel is simply splendid in every way, and I wished that it had actually been longer, so that we could have learned more about Tom, the plot, and everything that happens because of the encounter in the office...
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Summary: Never Bored Me
Review: It's books like these that make me wish more authors were like Michael Crichton. The combination of an ingenious storyline and topic of that most people can relate to make it a for sure winner. The fact that this book uncovers sexual harrassment from the male point of view just made me enjoy it that much more. A guys tends to go through life only hearing about how all problems are caused by them, and it gets at your self esteem (even if it is mostly a correct statement).
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Summary: All too credible I'm afraid
Review: This is one of the best novels by Michael Crichton that I have read. The most delicate themes of "sexual harassment" and "mobbing" simply invite authors to write about them. And I have read a lot of trash and cheap voyeurism concerning these subjects. Not here. Like in "Rising Sun" the research for this novel was outstanding and this resulted in an excellent plot with a logical, inevitable line of events and a breathtaking speed. The characters and, I am afraid, the plot are all too credible and they reflect reality more than a lot of people would like to admit. It is not disturbing then that the final twist of action has somewhat of the deus ex machina technique, because the ending is not what is really interesting. The most interesting thing is that events like this can happen (actually happen) and that they are in a way even legal. Crichton writes about the effects of laws that are fine with us in theory and well meant by the legislator. But once they are exposed to reality human nature corrupts them and brings about more injustice, they even awake the beast in man (and women, too!!).
When you begin to read this novel make sure you have enough time to read it in one go!
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Summary: Excellent story......
Review: The movie did not do this book justice. The book had so many things going on. It was amazing. I would rate this one of Crichton's better novels so far.
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Summary: At last...
Review: ..a book about a sexually harrassed man! I wonder how many men have actually been sexually harrassed out in the business world but have been too embarrassed to step forward for fear of ridicule from their fellow employee's? Michael Crichton handled this situation wonderfully showing how one man's world is knocked upside down because of such a happening. My simple review for this book is, whether you're a man or woman who's had a similar problem, read this book!!! It's exceptionally written.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: An amazing book, I never expected to hear much from women sexually harassing men, which a lot of people think would never happen. But this book did not only prove it to me that stereotypes play roles in our society which usually aren't true, it also made me think I was in the characters on skin, trying to fight agains that stereotype. I would really recomend it, it's a very good book.
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Summary: Disclosure: A Book Review
Review: A "New York Times" #1 bestseller, Michael Crichton's book Disclosure is a thrilling novel based on the secrets and lies underlying a new age computer firm. It depicts a man caught in this nightmarish web of deceit who finds himself trapped in a power struggle, forcing him to defend himself for another's wrong-doings. Presented as a power-hungry, sexually driven woman, the man's new boss is the seductive enemy. The book's message is that the roles in any situation, including sexual harassment, are not gender-specific. In a world in which women are generally looked upon as oppressed, it is difficult for a man to fight a sexual harassment suit, just as it is difficult for anyone to overcome stereotypes. Crichton uses the character Meredith Johnson to reveal his main point that no gender is restricted to a specific part, and that certain situations stereotypically applied to one gender could just as easily be applied to the other. Meredith Johnson is first introduced in the novel as the new head of the technical division of the computer firm, which is a mild shock both to the readers and to the other characters in the novel. It is rare to see a woman in a power position, especially one demanding technical expertise. She proves to be both strong-willed and domineering, two traits typically not associated with women. Meredith further shocks the readers when she makes sexually suggestive comments to her employee, Tom Sanders, and further sexually harasses him. He finds his job threatened. Because this situation has reversed gender roles than what is typical, not a single person in his company believes that he was not the one who instigated the sexual behaviors. Through her "uncharacteristic" position of high power in a technology firm and her aggressive sexual advances, Ms. Johnson has taken on a reverse role, proving that nothing is truly gender-specific. Just as stereotypes in the past and certainly in the present, have served as barriers to those who have tried to surpass them, so do they act as a restraint for Tom Sanders, who tries to overcome the conventionalized idea that it is only women who are sexually harassed. Ironically, towards the beginning of the novel, a fellow co-worker of Tom's brings up the issue of a male employee who claims his female boss sexually harassed him. Sanders says that the harassment was probably provoked and that the man might not be telling the truth, saying that he thinks this way not because he discredits the man's story, but simply because it is a statistic that men are the harassers and women the harassed. Later, when Sanders proclaims that he was sexually harassed, no one can believe that a forty-one year old man rejected the sexual advances of an extremely attractive thirty-six year old woman, and so they presume that Sanders is lying. Sanders' lawyer even so much as says that he has no case; that there is so much bias against men in sexual harassment lawsuits that he will lose the case, thereby destroying his life. Therefore, he has been trapped in a no-win situation because of the overriding stereotypes about men in cases involving sexual harassment. In Disclosure, Michael Crichton illustrates a picture of a computer industry based on manipulation and false trust, in which the delicate balance of power teeters on the edge of destruction. It is the story of a man who cannot escape the psychological games going on behind closed doors. Crichton succeeds in proving that even the law cannot defeat the power of stereotypes, specifically in sexual harassment cases, despite validation that, especially in today's world, gender roles have significantly dissipated.
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