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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, this is the fast-paced story of two Ivy-League outcasts who concocted a scheme to meet girls, and ended up inventing Facebook
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Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg - an awkward maths prodigy and a painfully shy computer genius - were never going to fit in at elite, polished Harvard. Yet that all changed when master-hacker Mark crashed the university's entire computer system by creating a rateable database of female students. Narrowly escaping expulsion, the two misfits refocused the site into something less controversial - 'The Facebook' - and watched as it spread like a wildfire across campuses around the country, along with their popularity.
Yet amidst the dizzying levels of cash and glamour, as silicon valley, venture capitalists and reams of girls beckoned, the first cracks in their friendship started to appear, and what began as a simple argument spiralled into an out-and-out war. The great irony is that Facebook succeeded by bringing people together - but its very success tore two best friends apart.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ben Mezrich prefaces his story of the rise and rise and rise of Facebook with a cautionary note the reader will do well to heed. "I recreated the scenes in the book based on the information I discovered ... and my best judgement ..."
Recreation is a subjective business. There are frequent warning signs: "We can envisage ...", "It is easy to picture ...", and so on. The author's sources for chronicling the Facebook phenomenon from Harvard dorm to international phenomenon are not detailed, though the particular acknowledgment for Eduardo Saverin, one half of the founding partnership, should be weighed against the admission that Mark Zuckerberg, the genius other half, consistently refused to co-operate. One can only trust that Mezrich's understanding of the twin worlds of programming and the Silicon Valley jungle is more reliable than his acquaintance with rowing - the Harvard eight at Henley in 2004 would not have been sculling.
With those reservations, The Accidental Billionaires can be recommended as a racy read. There are no heroes, merely a cast of greedy characters assiduously and deviously cutting each other's throats.
Recreation is a subjective business. There are frequent warning signs: "We can envisage ...", "It is easy to picture ...", and so on. The author's sources for chronicling the Facebook phenomenon from Harvard dorm to international phenomenon are not detailed, though the particular acknowledgment for Eduardo Saverin, one half of the founding partnership, should be weighed against the admission that Mark Zuckerberg, the genius other half, consistently refused to co-operate. One can only trust that Mezrich's understanding of the twin worlds of programming and the Silicon Valley jungle is more reliable than his acquaintance with rowing - the Harvard eight at Henley in 2004 would not have been sculling.
With those reservations, The Accidental Billionaires can be recommended as a racy read. There are no heroes, merely a cast of greedy characters assiduously and deviously cutting each other's throats.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Quality of product excellent and came within a couple of days. The book however wasn't as exciting as I had imagined but a good read nevertheless. My advice would be to lower your expectations and you will enjoy.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Clearly the writer of this book didn't carry out very much research into what happened and you can clearly feel he is just making scenarios up to fill out the pages.
This book could have been 100pages shorter and still won't tell you anything you don't know already.
Watch The Social Network instead at least the film deals with the trial which this book just mentions in passing fancy.
This book could have been 100pages shorter and still won't tell you anything you don't know already.
Watch The Social Network instead at least the film deals with the trial which this book just mentions in passing fancy.
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As you open your Facebook page and check your news feed and see the changes your friends have made to their photos and status. Read more
As you open your Facebook page and check your news feed and see the changes your friends have made to their photos and status. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sam Arnold
See the film instead
I saw the film and bought the book as I hoped it would give more details on some of the subjects. But this was not the case at all. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chris
In the wrong order...
I made the horrific mistake of watching the movie 'the social network' before reading the book. I found myself thinking of the film characters instead of the real people. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Steph
The Social Network
I just read it & thought it was really good. Infact I was quite sad that I wouldn't have it the next day on the tube when I had finished it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Luke
hmmmm ok
Liked it but thought for once that the film was better. Dealt with the greed and bad side of human nature in its portrayal of the facebook phenomenon. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Creative Minds!
Facebook brought to life
Ben Mezrich provides easy to read books. I don't know the ins and outs of the real story but I believe there are differences to real life. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Matt Bristol
Good book, better movie
Good book about the creation of Facebook. Having seen the film, is pretty faithful. A lot of interesting data and information.
Published 16 months ago by Adrią
Fast Paced Drama
A handful of characters dominate the plot of this book: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Sean Parker. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Douglas P. Murphy
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