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Violence
Some
Violence; action; deaths
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual references
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of time, causality, and the economics of the future
What this book is about
Gibson's 2014 novel follows Flynne Fisher, in a near-future rural America where she beta-tests games, who is hired to observe something in what she thinks is a simulation — but is actually a far-future London decades after a civilizational collapse. Features violence and strong language. For adults.
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Violence
Strong language
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