Storyline: 2/5 
 Characters: 2/5 
 Writing Style: 3/5 
 World: 4/5 
 --Below information added approximately one year after original reading-- 
 The technology was awesome. The book was surprisingly coherent as well. For me, the problem was that everything - the technology, the world, the characters - was pointed at and understood in context of the mystery. I'm really not a murder mystery fan. Nothing here changed my opinion about the subgenre. Mostly, I felt that the mystery was a wasted use of neat gadgets, a detailed culture, and an anti-hero. Few series have so decidedly turned me off at the first installment.