Another booked based in my city. What's this one about? Family? Expectations of the world around us? Loss and pain? Life and love? Yes, but mostly it's about " there's no such thing as a life you're supposed to have" Oh and time travel. So good.

I really enjoy reading novels set in my home city of Toronto. It adds a layer of reality to the story because I know where events are happening. Which for this book it resonates even more. I know the streets Jean walks on. I'm with her as she crosses Dundas into confusion. I knew the park she sat in and wondered what's real. The actual Bellevue park is gone now erased by the city. I wonder if Ingrid had something to do with it?

I really like the idea of a city with the same name on different worlds. Grey, red, white and black London. Like Lila I was born in Grey but long for the magic of Red. I think you will too.

If I had read this book when I was 16 it's angry head first run at the world would have become part of my DNA. Still it stands out as the cyberpunk classic that it is. Dark and bleak it's everything it needs to be. Jack in and download.