A review by aphrael
Agency by William Gibson

3.0

It took a long time to get really into it and for a bunch of things to be really explained, but I only realized this is part 2 of a series after i was over halfway. It's definitely doable to read separately but I found myself wishing I had a bit more context sometimes. The whole idea of stubs and the people in them being able to communicate is very interesting. I liked the characters even though Verity didn't seem to have much of a personality, Wilf and Rainey are lovely and Ash and Connor and Virgil are cool and Eunice and Lowbeer are interesting through the thought of their existence is kind of uncomfortable.

I had a hard time with the writing style. The book doesn't really move super fast, but the sentences are somewhat fragmented. This worked well in neuromancer (the only other book I've read from this author) but not super well in this book, it just made it harder to read.

That said, i did like the book and will probably read more in the series at some point, but not right now.