The book is from the mid 00s, and its pages overflow with a veritable cornucopia of outdated tropes and lackluster characterizations that might have been passable in the 90s, but now read like a relic from a bygone era. While the author's linguistic prowess is certainly on display, the result is more akin to a hodgepodge of words rather than a cohesive narrative. And let's not forget the cringe-inducing use of antiquated tech jargon, which only serves to accentuate how irrelevant to the present day the book is

The occasional sparks of creativity and imagination are certainly worth noting, and perhaps this book could have been a real contender had it been released a decade earlier. But it gets very irritating very quickly. As well as cringy ("he got shlashdotted"). I couldn't bring myself to finish it.