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.