A review by the_smoking_gnu
The Skinner by Neal Asher

3.0

This book is full of interesting ideas, immortality through viruses, dead people resurrected via AI software, hive minds, sentient artificial intelligences who can create subminds, sentient sails, aliens who use humans as drones,... but somehow I didn't really enjoy this book very much.
I can't put my finger on it but I always felt one step behind the story. I was lost in the world Neal Asher created, not understanding the rules I couldn't really anticipate the plot and connect the dots.
2,5 stars