Very Kafkaesque, dark paranoia, enjoyable read except a very weak ending.

This book was quite disappointing. I've read several others by him--liked Pompei the most. Here the characters are uninteresting, the details mind-numbing and the plot quite obvious. I really do not think it is worth the time (sad to say).

Excellent read but the very end was a bit disappointing since it left some questions unanswered.

I love Robert Harris, so was not surprised to love this novel. I WAS a little surprised how the suspense worked its way into my unconscious. The book talks about all the aspects of fear; personal, financial, group/mob mentality, fear of loss, etc. And Geneva, as a setting for a violent thriller, was also chilling. A cold, secretive, strangely tidy city. I struggled a bit with the financial content, but at least I now (sort of) understand what a hedge fund is.

good review: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/column-freeland-machines-idUSL2E8D9E1620120209

If you liked this, read Robert Taylor's "Paradigm:A Novel." Don't be turned-off by the 'trading system' the novel starts with---you will soon get caught-up in the story and it is enough to make you paranoid about Wall Street---at least for a while. The 'evil' female character is one of the most scary I've seen in a novel.

A rolicking read - it does tear along at pace. The suspense keeps you turning the page, but somehow the ending did not satisfy. Maybe I had not expected the triumph of the machine and had hoped that human would prevail! It is a novel of our current times, especially with the Euro experiencing the problems it is, so read it now. I am not sure how this novel will age.

This was a total page turner - I was completely gripped - even though I understood only about half of what was going on!

I really enjoyed this story. Very topical - all about the greed of the very rich but how it is more about the thrill of creating the money making machine. And how in the end the machine is the master of man.