It was an easy read, very smooth and engaging, but a bit lacking in substance. I haven't read Pattern Recognition, to which I guess it is at least nominally the sequel. Perhaps going back and reading that at some point will reveal some depths I missed.
Gibson is a pretty consistently excellent writer - mostly because of his ability to take potentially mundane subjects and write about them in ways that make them seem fascinating, exotic - and "cyber!" Hollis Henry, a woman who is a minor celebrity in certain circles because she used to sing with a ...
Reading William Gibson is a treat that I save up. Really enjoyed Spook Country although not as good as Pattern Recognition which for me is Gibson at the top of his game.
I don't know if it's me, but I could barely get through a chapter of this. And the chapters are, like, a page long each. Look, I loved Neuromancer as much as the next guy (when it came out-it doesn't hold up), and I even would say Pattern Recognition was gripping, but Spook Country is a mess.
2.5. Despite having figured out what was in the container, I can't give a three. As others have said, nothing happens. Intentionally I am sure. Still, it dragged; I couldn't connect with any of the characters.
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