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Violence
Some
Brief violence in cyberpunk Tokyo; some confrontation
Language
Some
Moderate language; cyberpunk register
Sexual Content
Barely any
An AI's personhood and the desire to claim her; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drug and alcohol use in the rock-celebrity world
Emotional Intensity
Some
What it means to love someone who doesn't physically exist, celebrity and its parasocial reach, identity in a media-saturated world
What this book is about
Near-future Tokyo. Rock star Rez announces he intends to marry Rei Toei — a Japanese idoru who exists only in data. Laney, who can perceive emergent patterns in information flows, is hired to investigate. Chia Pet McKenzie, a teenage fan, travels to Tokyo on behalf of her fan club. Gibson's second Bridge trilogy novel is a meditation on celebrity, virtual identity, and the cities of the mind that form around the things we love most.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
AI romance as central concept
drug culture in celebrity orbit
cyberpunk Tokyo setting
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