I'm fully prepared to have someone tell me why I should reconsider this book. I don't know if I just read it at the wrong point or if I missed something, but I had to slog just to get through this. It was in no way gripping or fun, and I felt like there were a ton of missed opportunities and connections and satire in the conspiracy/systems plot that took forever to start moving. I hope you like it more than I did. I'm willing to admit that this is reader error, but I don't really have anything good to say right now...