MixedThe Globe and Mail (CAN)The plot...is familiar Gibson territory, both for better and for worse: a shadowy corporation with military ties, imaginative future tech, impeccably described clothing, snappy dialogue, telepresence robots, frenzied chases and a miraculously averted near-catastrophe, the pieces falling into place, perhaps a bit too neatly, just in time. But despite nuclear war looming on the other side of the world, the stakes never feel as high as they should. And it’s not always clear what motivates Verity and those in her orbit to go to such lengths to help Eunice achieve her mysterious goal. But that may be the point. Agency is at its best when Gibson reflects our current reality back at us with startling clarity ... it’s increasingly unclear how much agency any of us truly have.
