A little bit long and the jumping around between characters is a little annoying. Robison does not manage the characters interior voices as well as Joyce or Faulkner. While he does convey the essential differences between the character's personalities, he gives them all essentially the same narrative voice. The book would have been better served by a purely exterior narrator.
The sweeping scope of the book makes for an excellent opportunity for social commentary and good story arcs. Unfortunately, the author chooses to focus on the most cynical and traditional of the characters. That things will eventually devolve is a given because the more radical voices are hardly heard. I would have preferred more time with Arkaday and Hiroko.
