Update Dec 2017: time to re-read this, Netflix has announced a series!

I enjoyed this quite a bit. It's reminiscent of Neuromancer in the use of jargon that you'll just have to find out yourself. Takeshi is an interesting character that was fun to follow around. And I learned: just because you can upload yourself into "a stack" and get a new "sleeve" when the old one wears out, doesn't mean death is eliminated. I find the "Envoy" conditioning interesting but sometimes a little too convenient as a plot device. Nevertheless the hero has to suffer quite a bit until the - by then - not so surprising resolution at the end. I am currently reading the sequel (completely different story about Takeshi) which is a good sign.