Another book from the Culture Series. It continues the tradition of having almost no links to the other books other than the background.
It also has a bit of a tendency to come across as a bunch of short stories all linked together by the same theme—virtual life, downloading personalities to avoid death and virtual hells.
There are some parts of the book that a really good. As usual, Banks just drops them and moves on to the next topic. I'm thinking here about section where Yime was on the Unfallen Bulbitan. The Bulbitan attacks a Culture ship. That sequence is very exciting. But it just ends. In fact, Yime could have been edited out of the book completely.
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