Quite brilliantly set up, but the end maybe less so
592850
This was a superb book really. The genius of it was to craft a parallel world where the perspectives on the US's misadventures in the Muslim world were completely reversed. It was very dry and brilliant satire. So I totally enjoyed that. But then with the set up complete, the book started to lose it's focus for me. The ending was a bit confusing for me. Perhaps I just didn't get it. Matt Ruff is certainly brilliant enough to write something that I just couldn't understand. But there it is. Recommended, but admire it for the very clever premise. The endgame isn't the highlight of this book.
4241855
Works very well and easy to set up, seems to be of decent quality also
809303
Works pretty good, once I figured out how to set it.
2782988
This has a great premise and some seriously suspenseful moments. I really enjoyed the first book in the series and was hoping to enjoy the second one as much, but, even though book two is still good, about half way through I started feeling as if things were slowing down, taking too long to progress. This changed toward the end but I felt that the story could have been wrapped up here instead of stretching to a third installment. Well written with intense, detailed characters and a richly imagined world. It just could use a little work on pacing.
3633512
Ok, so FTR I do like this author's style; this was an enjoyable read, for the most part. Good concept, intriguing and believable characters -- a good story well told, right up til just before the end. I got lost a bit in the last 15% of the story, though, in which twists and turns seem to be inserted for their own sake... there was a perfect ending point, in which (won't do spoilers) justice would be served and there would have been the disharmonic but real-feeling symmetry of the main character getting what he agreed to, but not what he thought it would be -- and always the outsider. I'm a bit frustrated that the author shot past this point, but it won't keep me from reading more of his work. I enjoyed reading it, overall; just wish the ending didn't veer so much towards the busy.
339991
This novel had all the promise of a thrilling and enthralling cyber-novel that would leave people wanting more. It started magnificently - as a computer person I could see where he was taking the story and it was potentially fantastic. About halfway through however, it got a little silly. It changed from fantastic to fantasy. The ending was really nothing more than a "please make into a movie" request. Huge promise but the end product fell a little short. Still four stars though because Suarez has what it takes and it was still entertaining, even if not completely fulfilling.
2808100
Confusing to set up, but it works really nice.
4388780
Very well structured. Nicely complex. But the ending didn't seem quite right, a little too neat.
2677476
While I love the concept of this, but the beginning and the end didn't feel like an actual beginning and end.
522552
Overall, I like this product, but there's a couple things that are not so great.  One, as mentioned in a bunch of posts is the weird duplication direction from position 2 towards position 1--not the greatest thing when we're talking a slight mistake can erase you're entire life.  And two, after about 6 months of use, it just stopped showing up on my desktop.  I tried everything, the cord, the connection, the slot it was plugged into.  At the end of the day, it was the duplicator that was the problem.  I'm now about to embark on the return/warranty process to get it fixed.  Hhhhhhuuuuugggg, hopefully that's not too difficult.
2775498
I loved it by the end. The way the setup was written annoyed me and I almost lost interest. Looking back, it was well done but nonetheless frustrating. The story would build then stutter and stall only to start again and repeat the process. Once it took off, I liked it and the foreshadowing kept a some suspense going in sections that were predictable. Not stay-up-all-night-reading suspenseful; but, very enjoyable and worthwhile.
600236
Very happy , took a little to set up , but very good for the money
3488231
Easy setup, instructions are not very easy without trial and error.
2208931
This is a cost effective, high quality, aesthetically pleasing wireless way to stream music and other audio throughout your home. My only critique is that  the instructions for set-up are weak--not second tier mangled English interpreted by Chinese developers but clearly instructions developed by wonks who believe that "isn't it OBVIOUS what you do next?"
Fortunately, my very technologically gifted son-in-law to be happened to be visiting and being a 30 something self-described techno-geek raised on this stuff, could figure out everything that is poorly explained. It took him a few hours to set up 2 playbars, 4 speakers, receiver, bridge, configure all with my verizon router, register and get working on software on computer, tablet and iphone. Otherwise I would have spent triple the time thrashing it out between the useless instructions that come with the equipment and the often confusing web-based instructions.
Once set up, with his guidance, I am using the system easily and well. With Sonos instructions, not so much.
556958
Great start--a page turner--then ridiculous complications.
2120481
Support has been great and has been responsive. That being said, the first unit I received seems to have been defective. I spent quite a long time to get this set up. I had problems setting up devices that need to communicate with outside servers, specifically, a Republic Wireless cell phone and a Honeywell wifi thermostat. Upon replacement of the unit, it took a little bit of work but things were quickly set up then. I suspect that the problems I had at first were almost entirely due to the defective unit. The hard part is that it wasn't immediately apparent that the unit was defective, so lots of time was spent monkeying with it. All said and done, they get a 5 star review because the product and the support are both fantastic and I do recommend this. With a properly operating unit, it's quite intuitive!
3917041
The first third of the book was quite nicely paced and very interesting. I enjoyed trying to figure out where the pieces of the puzzle would land and I'm happy to report that I made poor predictions (always enjoy that). The background of the main characters ("Cat" in particular) is very nicely developed and correlates with their story line very well. In other words, given their backgrounds, you can easily understand what makes these people tick.

The middle third of the book sort of lagged. Too much time is spent on one particular element of this story and anyone who has read it will know exactly what I mean. The ending is satisfying, though not particularly happy, and I didn't come across any missing pieces. Everyone's story was nicely tied up and believable.