Mona Lisa Overdrive

Executive Summary: I've owned this book for years, and for some reason never picked it up and read it. Thankfully I participated in a “Secret Santa” book thing of sorts, and someone out there finally got me to read it.Full ReviewI've always been more of a [b:Snow Crash 830 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1477624625s/830.jpg 493634] person than a [b:Neuromancer 22328 Neuromancer William Gibson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1167348726s/22328.jpg 909457] person. I found it the easier read, and enjoyed the lighter nature/faster pace of the story. It took me quite a few years to circle back and read [b:Count Zero 22200 Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) William Gibson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390358225s/22200.jpg 879764] and later [b:Burning Chrome 22323 Burning Chrome William Gibson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1349075772s/22323.jpg 2457086]. I enjoyed them all, but partially because I love the ideas of cyberpunk worlds and appreciate the role of these books played in the genre than for the actual story itself. I know, I'll go turn in my computer geek card later. I picked up this book at the same time as [b:Count Zero 22200 Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) William Gibson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390358225s/22200.jpg 879764], but I was just never in a rush to read it. As it's been quite some time since I read those books, I'm hard pressed to say this is my favorite of the series, but it's quite possible.I always enjoyed Molly more than Case. Add in a Yakuza plot line on top of all the fun cyberpunk tech and I couldn't put it down. Of course I read this book mostly while I was on a 5 hour plane ride, but it seemed to make the time pass rather quickly.I thought this wrapped up several dangling plot lines of the last two books pretty nicely, and I found the pacing far more enjoyable than [b:Neuromancer 22328 Neuromancer William Gibson https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1167348726s/22328.jpg 909457].One of these days I should really get around to reading more by Mr. Gibson, and I've enjoyed everything of his I've read and he tends to write about subjects right in my wheelhouse. Maybe this will finally inspire me to do so.So thank you Secret Santa (whoever you are) for getting me to finally finish this series.