Cyberpunk staples abound and will feel very familiar to anyone with a casual knowledge of the genre. The System maintains the power of the wealthiest 1%, who live in ivory towers in decadent excess, while the remaining 99% of the population exist as criminals in the resource-drained remnants of civilization. In a cookie cutter dystopian future, the System of Federated Nations (aka the System) runs the world. And while I thought the concept of the Electric Church had the potential to be that something special, I thought in the end it was too inadequately explored to be more than a cool blurb and some dashed potential.
However, if you are going to go that route, their needs to be some “wow” factor or original set design that makes the novel memorable. It had the right costumes and some interesting props, but there was nothing that gave the reader, at least this reader, pause for deeper contemplation about the nature of our world and the future we are creating.ĭon’t get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with good, gritty entertainment in the cyberpunk realm. For me, one of the remarkable aspects of really good cyberpunk is its ability to tap into the zeitgeist of the current generation and provide insightful commentary on where we're going and who we are becoming as a species.
Not bad.but a very forgettable, very “ by the numbers” hardboiled cyberpunk thriller that felt like a cold, soulless version of Neuromancer.
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