The characters are generally interesting and the story is readable, but ultimately I have been disappointed by this latest trilogy from William Gibson. I guess I was so impressed by his first cyberpunk novels that now I feel let down he's choosing to write in the present time instead of continuing speculative SF. This book is very solidly in the present or close-to-present. iPhones, twitter, macbooks; current brand-name dropping instead of interesting futuristic speculation. It's an okay story as it goes, but not what I loved about the first William Gibson books I read back when. And really, what's with the fashion obsession? Every single character in the book seems to be ridiculously interested in obscure fabrics and fashion? Just not that interesting to be and I certainly don't think the plot would have suffered for leaving out at least half of the intricate descriptions of items of clothing.