Under all of the technology and murder, this books, at it's heart is all about human connection and what we hide from each other. I loved the exploration of people's various relationships from Claudia and her family, our victim and everyone around her, to the employees of veracitt with each other.

  The technology  aspect of the plot might have some truth with it looking at it's real world counterparts, and I know that the big bad is obviously bigger than our protagonist and her friends but I wish we got to see more of them working on it than the last few chapters towards the end.

It felt like the pace mid-way dragged a little and when things got more interesting and the stakes were raised, the story just ends. The book definitely surprised me with its progression, albeit the mildly clunky (but full of heart) ending. The back and forth with her experiences with her mother and references to Inspector Yuan and chinese pop culture was really cool and original than just referencing Sherlock Holmes and made me think a lot about the asian media I was really inspired by when I was growing up.