I liked the brisk, no-frills style. It moves along quickly. It is a bit of kitchen-sink when it comes to ideas and plot mechanisms, but I appreciated the evident enthusiasm for them. There‘s a coldness, almost a sadness coming across, I don‘t know if that‘s the author himself or the translation, but that coupled with the themes of destabilization makes it unsettling. I doubt I will keep going with the trilogy but I am glad I read this.