Once again Alastair Reynolds has me all over the place with my thoughts on his books. There are parts of this story that I throughly enjoyed and would happily give four stars and then there are great rafts of it that I found dull and couldn't wait for the chapter to end. Thus three stars is the result. 
 Chasm City has some Revelation Space theme to it, but you couldn't be faulted in thinking that there were two Alastair Reynolds in the authoring world. This story is told in such a different way that it is hard to credit I had just finished reading the same writer. 
 Chasm City is told in three story arcs that curve to a convergence to give you a final understanding of wtf this is all about. 
 The three stories are all interesting and two of the arcs are historical to the first as characters begin to gain their memories back of past traumatic events. There are whole bunch of familiar themes with this, including a copy of The Running Man theme and whilst I was reasonably enjoying the different stories I really really didn't like the main character...at all. It was almost as if the character had sat in his cubicle and read every Stainless Steel Rat novel he could find. His lines were corny and the delivery awful. I admit this may have something to do with the way the book was read by the narrator. 
 This review is coming over somewhat negative and I guess that is indicative to the things that grate you as opposed to the parts that went well. Overall, the story was interesting and there were lots of parts that had my attention. But I didn't love it and never once found myself not being able to put it down. 
 I am going to persevere with Reynolds as I have been told, I should like his work, given my tastes. I am trying Redemption Arc next and hope to find that place where I start to enjoy the story.