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diz_tn's review
1.0
This is bad. Really bad. This book was recommended to me by a colleague, but I couldn't get past the first third of the book.
Each chapter is written separately. They are all sort of like stand-alone short stories. The authors attempt to show you what different types of network attacks would be like through the use of fiction. I assume that they also try to give you a little knowledge about the subject (even though they claim that's not the point of the book) because otherwise the fiction would have to be better than it is. The merger of the two is like a train wreck. In order to make it seem like a mystery to be solved, some of the authors would withhold key information then thrust it onto the reader at the end to show how clever the character was - yes, just like a really bad detective book.
Not recommended.
Couldn't finish.
Each chapter is written separately. They are all sort of like stand-alone short stories. The authors attempt to show you what different types of network attacks would be like through the use of fiction. I assume that they also try to give you a little knowledge about the subject (even though they claim that's not the point of the book) because otherwise the fiction would have to be better than it is. The merger of the two is like a train wreck. In order to make it seem like a mystery to be solved, some of the authors would withhold key information then thrust it onto the reader at the end to show how clever the character was - yes, just like a really bad detective book.
Not recommended.
Couldn't finish.
sebula's review
3.0
Wow. What a journey it has been, it definitely hasn't been the best writing which is to be expected considering how unique the topic is. however, the stories were suprisingly interesting and informative. While being an interesting mix of real-life stuff like hacking tools with the story aspect, it definitely peeked my interest in this kind of fiction.
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