Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai

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Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai
by Ben Mezrich
from William Morrow

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• Just slightly better than completely useless
  I picked up this book hoping it might be something on the order of "Liars Poker" or "Barbarians at the Gates" or "The Pay Pal Wars," books that imparted huge amounts of information about the businesses that they covered. Boy, was I ever disappointed.
  Mezrich's characters are suitable for comic books, the business concepts he imparts are perhaps the level that would be explained to fourth-graders on a field trip, and the plot is close to non-existent. I'd say his writing is boring but it seldom rises to... more info

• rigged
  A page turning book about a 25 year old guy from Harvard Business School who goes to work on the New York mercantile exchange trading oil. The book details his young and fast paced life, including the money, women, and exotic travel he encounters along the way. It takes you along in his journeys back and forth to Dubai (as part of an attempt to open an energy exchange there) and the opulence he encounters while there. I was fascinated by the authors accounts of the city, and it enabled me to paint a more... more info

• Based on a true story, maybe, definitely not a true story
  Even as a novel, it is not that well written. Mr. Mezrich is brilliant in selecting interesting topics to write about, but not brilliant enough to deliver.
  After reading this book, you will gain no insight in the trading and oil businesses. Spend your time on some other more worthwhile books.

• Sad, Weak, and Unreadable
  Ben Mezrich is the saddest excuse for a non-fiction writer/journalist there is out there. I only bought this book on a flight back the Middle East where I am currently stationed. I've been to Dubai, and I can tell you right now that Ben Mezrich is only regurgitating what he's read or dreamed about. Yes, Dubai is up and coming, but at the same time its truly is overrated. As far as his knowledge of the MERC, I could have learned that reading the Journal. Ben needs to go get laid or something, the way he... more info

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