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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Slow to get started, and with anti-climactic ending, it's not Gibson's best for sure. He can get the adrenaline going and pique your curiosity, and I really enjoyed character Tito's daemon oddities, but somehow the hint of some kind of strange new cyber technology didn't quite live up to expectations or seem to involve more than tracking a shipping container full of money, which itself seemed to be unimportant in the great scheme of things. What were these characters all so worked up about? In the end it was hard to tell, or to care. I didn't bookmark it at time time, so I can no longer find it. But while reading Spook Country, I ran across a paragraph that just made me stop, savor it, and think to myself, "Now, this is why I read Gibson."
It is a near-certainty that I will re-read this book soon. (Re-reading is a rarity for me.) And I may well raise my rating to 5 stars at that point. Gibson's beautiful prose, quirky characters, and tech-rich plots just delight me.
"This novel is a political thriller that is also a satire on advertising, music and the geekocracy, a finely machined mystery whose main pleasures lie in its rich store of miniature aesthetic jolts and unexpected textures." "Despite its thriller trappings, "Spook Country" is a puzzle palace of bewitching proportions and stubborn echoes." "If Gibson’s vision has got bleaker, his eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen." "In Spook Country, Gibson takes another large step forward and reaffirms his position as one of the most astute and entertaining commentators on our astonishing, chaotic present." "Compelling characters and crisp action sequences, plus the author’s trademark metaphoric language, help make this one of Gibson’s best." AwardsDistinctions
Multilingual Tito engages in sensitive information transfers from his single-room apartment, while journalist Hollis frets over her start-up magazine's censure of its own promotions, and prescription drug addict Milgrim wonders about the military connections of an enigmatic benefactor. No library descriptions found. |
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Fun enough book... maybe there is a deeper point to the exercise, but it doesn't leap to mind. ( )