Review: Could have been better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2012
Flash Crash by K.R. Harris is a book that has an interesting plot involving electronic manipulation of stock prices.Unfortunately, missing punctuation and grammatical problems were disconcerting enough to mar my enjoyment.  The main reason that I can't give the book more stars, however, is the lack of character development.  I really didn't care about any of the characters enough to care about the outcome.  Not only was there a lack of suspense but there was also rapid development of unbelievable relationships.  A government agent sent to interview a suspect immediately believes he can trust the suspect rather than his superiors.  The plot escalates high into the political realm but, again, the relationships are ambiguous.  One character is quick to suggest illegal activities to another without any apparent reason to believe that he would be receptive to the scheme.  The scenarios just became too implausible.