Here’s one review:
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/gibson_review.html

william gibson made sci fi set in the present. part mystery, part social commentary, all gibson. absolutely wonderful. i loved this book so much, i named my new powerbook cayce.

Vaguely interesting. Not as compelling as I had hoped. At least not so far …

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LOMBARD = Loads Of Money, But A Read Dickhead.

Ha!

I grabbed this to add to the 100 pounds of travel guides I brought with on my London/Paris vacation—travelling from my home in Tokyo—and toted along purely for reading pleasure.

It wasn’t my intention for this book to fit in with my trip, but it seems to be working out that way: the book opens in London—where I just was—with the kinds of cultural/societal observations he usually applies to future worlds. I’m finding it very engrossing, particularly since the protaganist happens to share my interest in Muji. Even more startling is the plot sending the protaganist off to Tokyo, to walk streets familiar to me, even at this distance.

When I’m through, I think I’ll be passing it onto someone I know in London, someone who spent a couple of years in Tokyo and might appreciate the nuances.

Slightly different from the standard Gibson fare in that it’s set pretty much in the present (2003). I really enjoyed it, although the ending left a little to be desired.