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I thought it was a solid follow up to Metaplanetary. Just like in Metaplanetary, it's a mix of some super high tech sci-fi concepts, existential discussions on personhood/self in a post-upload world, crazy what-if societies (some utopian but most dystopian). Speaking of dystopian, this book has (again, similar to Metaplanetary) some really mean bits with torture, loss-of-self and/or freedom, intense addiction inflicted as a form of control), prejudice coupled with genocide, etc. Hard stuff that hit me right in the emotions. It does try to balance it with the beauty of human achievement and the healing/uniting power of relationships and love. As you can imagine with such a huge scope and range, the book's tone occasionally felt a bit shallow and definitely chaotic. That being said, it still kept me hooked the whole time, and I enjoyed it a lot! The set of Jeep sections had me laughing quite a bit. It's unfortunate that the author never finished up with a 3rd book (other reviews point to issues with the publisher), which left the story feeling incomplete. That being said, it did feel like the end of the story was leaning toward a resolution. I almost didn't read this one, even though I loved Metaplanetary, just because I knew the series wasn't ever finished, but I'm glad that I decided to anyway. Worth the read for sci-fi lovers.