A review by jaccarmac
Spook Country by William Gibson

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Pattern Recognition's sequel skips around between its POV characters, a choice that is probably more cheap trick than anything else but which dragged me along very effectively, especially as threads came together not-quite-stuck. Gibson's barrage of brand-name nouns works well for the story, if nothing else as a canvas upon which one can paint rage at the post-9/11 order and reified virtual property. The tech predictions here feel particularly accurate, or maybe things haven't changed so much since '07?