here's the irony of working for a large, secure firm full of high performers - it makes you feel insecure. to fit in and one-up everyone else, you work like a an automaton and act you're a disney princess. you try so hard to fit into the system that when you do you become someone your family and friends is uncomfortable with. this book deals with the first few months of a small town girl in the big, bad, life sucking world of investment banking. while I am not in banking I could totally relate to all of her dilemmas and decisions. work-life balance is easier said than achieved. and for all that you give to the company, you're just another employee who's easily dispensable. if you work in a high pressure job with long hours and the expenses of urban living, you'll probably like this book as much as I do. Wall Street circa 2007-2008, riding high right before the subprime reveal, from the perspective of a young, naive, fresh-out-of-school junior banker caught up in a career-making deal gone sour from the everyday, business-as-usual greed of her bosses. Good story with a slightly disturbing ending in which the really bad guys don't get hurt, a few other bad guys are hurt but morally redeemed, and the good guys that make it through the fall emerge with dirt stuck on them, to continue the cycle of greed.
What do You think about Buying In (2013)?
I liked how the book was written from the main character and then two of the supporting characters.
—KyuubiGoku1
A little slow but a good peek into the bizantine world of investment banking.
—janet
I wanted a different ending. It totally made me give a growl of "Really?????"
—jarmstrong
I found it a little hard to get into the story, not as engaging as I hoped.
—Heather
I really enjoyed this book! Couldn't put it down & read it in one day!
—deanna
