Liked It“I love this series, curses to the author for dying. |
“I love this series, curses to the author for dying.
Sadness for the loss of so much potential.”
“Excellent cyberpunk novel written prior to all the hoopla about cyberpunk. Gritty/grizzly and noir-ish, the main character is caught in an intricate web of deceit and double crosses.”
muque and shylock tomes wrote this review Saturday, December 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is the first of three in a series. In many ways, it's the hardest to read of the three. It has brutally violent moments, and introduces a "dialect" that seems forced at times. The writing is incredibly evocative, creating a world that is something like an Arabic/Muslim Blade Runner (no skyscrapers or Asian culture).
There were moments of brilliance, but there were also moments where it felt like Alexander McCall Smith was hired to ghost-write it.”