A real noticeable step down from the first one and certainly a noticeable step down from the not-quite-stellar second. The appeal of the Firefly homage has faded and this novel really confirms my distrust for revolving POVs and the laziness they inspire. 
 For instance, this paragraph: 
 Okju smiled and said, "Smells lovely." She was wearing half a dozen rings, a blouse with buttons on it, a silver pendant, and an ivory-colored comb holding back her frizzy brown hair. The soundman gazed serenely at nothing, his black glasses hiding the top of his face, his expression calm and open. Monica watched him look over her crew, saying nothing, a faint smile on her lips. 
 Now, "The soundman" is "blind" (not completely, thanks to his techie glasses, but close enough), so I was pulled out of the story trying to figure out how he was "look(ing) over her crew". But then I worked out that because the POV character for this chapter was Holden, the pronoun "him" in the last sentence referenced him (Holden), not him the soundman, as it had in the PREVIOUS SENTENCE! 
 UG.