An unusual book. Wasn't sure what rating to give it, because on the one hand, it had weaker parts that I barely plodded through; on the other, it had some interesting ideas and the characters were well portrayed.

And as for the ending: my first thought was "wait, was this just a first in a dilogy?" - it seemed somehow cut off. But it might just be because I'm used to all these modern books that don't really do open endings very often. And as for open endings, this one wasn't bad.

So I can't say I'd definitely recommend it, but it wasn't bad, either.

Also, an unrelated thought: it's creepy, how thin a line there is between a hinted cyber-dystopy, and the actual reality. Mostly it just seems that when the names are made up it's fiction - but that's the only real difference. :|