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Book Review of Spook Country (Blue Ant, Bk 2)

Spook Country (Blue Ant, Bk 2)
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Helpful Score: 4


I started this review three times before I finally decided on this.

Blah.

It started out great, as a techno-thriller set in post 9/11 America, a glimpse of the shadowy world of the spy and counter-spy.

The ending left me wondering why I bothered reading, what was the point of the whole exercise.

If this was an intentional effect, Gibson revealing the absolute routine and semi-pointless nature of most intelligence operations in the real world, he has succeeded brilliantly.

Not Gibson's best work, and this coming from a real Gibson fan.