Another great book by Gibson. He excels at writing people that are under the influence of vaster and more powerful forces than they can see. Readers, as always, have to read his works closely as the lean writing style doesn't lay out what is happening or what the characters are thinking and talking about. This lets readers construct their world, present and future, with wonder as they fill in the blanks. As always, makes you think about how pervasive and powerful technology, corporations, and government are and how they can affect the "little people"

Mr. Gibson's most accessible book since 'Pattern Recognition'. Draws on its predecessor, 'The Peripheral', but isn't too hard to follow if you haven't read that one. Gibson's characters breathe like living people and his descriptions of complex speculative technologies are crisp and effortless. Fans of 20-minutes-into-the-future-style dystopias should enjoy. The only problem is the wait for the next book in this series...

Long time Gibson fan, but not so sure about this one. The beginning is incredibly confusing - too many strangely named characters, time shifting in alternating chapters and bizarrely named new inventions and words. It takes sheer will to plod on until the two timeframes mesh and you start to understand what the story is about. Once there, the second half of the book is an enjoyable romp. However, it ends rather abruptly. The ending chapters unsuccessfully attempt to tidy up loose ends, but are unsatisfying. Gibson never fully realized the plot points relating to our present political environment and the late introduction of a do-gooder persona for Eunice feels tacked on and pointless. The basic premise has been handled more expertly by others. It feels as though Gibson wasn't quite sure what story he wanted to tell and ultimately just threw in the towel. A disappointment.