New York 2140

While it is not fair to call this a slugfest, it's pretty close. There were entire sections (cough Franklin and cough citizen) that made me want to stab my eyes out in sheer boredom, other sections went speedily, entertainingly well! I loved the boys, Roberto and Stefan. I really liked Vlade. The actual climate bits were amazing, everything from the polar bears to the ice boats. I especially loved the treasure hunting.

This is just my humble reader opinion, but I felt that the female characters were so very....created. Look, we have the aged hippy, the strong black woman cop (who used to be a prize fighter), the reality star diva with a heart of gold.....meh. It felt like stock photos do when you look at them. Also, Franklin's, complete 360 did not fly with me AT ALL.
Here's the thing, as a CliFi novel, it's awesome. As a political novel it's...well, I'm not sure....is it a call to arms? What it feels like is several different novels jammed together into one big book. What it was missing, for me, was charm. Seriously! There was nothing holding all of these characters together except location. I just don't believe that is enough.

I don't know if I'd read Robinson again.