Not as good as Pattern Recognition, but not at all bad.

As usual, atmosphere is all—we follow several different players through what seem like radically different worlds until they suddenly come together for a brief moment and everything makes sense. Then it’s back to their own lives again.

I also enjoyed looking up various bits of trivia along the way, discovering a couple of cool websites, a few interesting facts, some insane cars. I always wonder where Gibson comes up with some of these things, but I appreciate his sharing them with me.

Alas, it all went by very quickly. Having just seen The Bourne Ultimatum, I felt this book had a strong kinship, only at a much lower intensity level. No one dies. Nothing too dramatic (or traumatic) happens. I was hoping for a bit more, but that hope will have to carry me through to the next book. Meanwhile, I can think about the cool stuff, wish I lived in some of the worlds we saw, be glad I don’t live in some of the others.

Finally, Gibson’s descriptions of the various cities—Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver—seem spot on from my time living in them (Vancouver), living near them (L.A.), and visiting them (N.Y.C.). I really miss Vancouver.