Agency

I am a Gibson loyalist. I have read almost everything he has ever written and will plough through his most meandering stories but The Agency was too much. Gibson tried to cram too many disparate ideas into one book. The first quarter of the book with the super-intelligent AI was fascinating. Then, the story turns abruptly back to the time traveling rigamarole that started in the Peripheral and about 47 characters from the current time and the future are introduced. And the slog begins.

Gibson, I love your writing style and ideas but too much got crammed into this book to the point that I had to ask “what is the point? Where is this story going?” At a certain point, I was just waiting for it to be over. How sad is that?