The kind of thing you like to see in a good sketchy urban futurescape. The description of The Tenderloin was just great, I loved that. It instead built upon what exists, skewed it towards a bit more lawlessness, explored class differences and made the division stark, which seems to be the inevitability of most societies, like it or not. It didn't rely on a pre-existing conception of Cyberpunk or Steampunk or Dystopia, it didn't force a new social order setting. Plus it could be a recurring antagonist, that would make sense. Could have been a better final stand-off, they definitely built the villain up, but I liked it without the Big Finale. A killer who's more devious than most? The devious-est. Which I personally liked, it's a nice change. How about a quirky female lead character opposite the detective straight man? I'll ruin it for you-they don't bang. Quite enough of that lately in real life for me to want a bit more in a novel, so I'm glad of that. Oh and it doesn't cast Them as a main villain, that's a whole other novel. A little bit dystopian, but not in such a way that it becomes a major plot element. A bit futuristic, a bit sci-fi? Yep, but aside from a few things it's a touch subtle. Do you want a kind of detective-y novel? This is it.
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