Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by jofgood
Zero Day by Mark E. Russinovich
3.0
I bought this as part of the Amazon .99 promotion thinking i'd finally grabbed a bargain for a book I was highly anticipating. Meh!
Although it was a quick read, it was mainly because the story flowed with almost no obstacles, plots being resolved quickly and (my main gripe) not enough technical detail.
I was coming into this book expecting a lot of technical conversations on the how and where,
but was disappointed by the lack of detail.
Mr Russinovich is (was?) a Senior Technical Fellow at Microsoft so i was expecting a brainy discussion on the topic, coupled with the panic and drama of a end of the world type of movie. I only got the second part and even that poorly delivered.
Also, very american book with the plot around terrorism and the usual culprits with almost no reasoning for very other culture being dark and war-like while the Americans are the heroes, or at most just incompetent/naive.
Pity.
I've heard he wrote a couple of more books so i'll give him another chance but i need to forget this bad taste in my mouth before going there again.
Although it was a quick read, it was mainly because the story flowed with almost no obstacles, plots being resolved quickly and (my main gripe) not enough technical detail.
I was coming into this book expecting a lot of technical conversations on the how and where,
but was disappointed by the lack of detail.
Mr Russinovich is (was?) a Senior Technical Fellow at Microsoft so i was expecting a brainy discussion on the topic, coupled with the panic and drama of a end of the world type of movie. I only got the second part and even that poorly delivered.
Also, very american book with the plot around terrorism and the usual culprits with almost no reasoning for very other culture being dark and war-like while the Americans are the heroes, or at most just incompetent/naive.
Pity.
I've heard he wrote a couple of more books so i'll give him another chance but i need to forget this bad taste in my mouth before going there again.