All Tomorrow’s Parties (Bridge III), by William Gibson

A Thing I’ve Read 15/26: All Tomorrow’s Parties (Bridge III), by William Gibson

The third and final entry in the Bridge-trilogy returns characters of the previous two novels to the titular bridge, where something civilisation-shatteringly enormous is supposed to happen.

There is a noticeable change in tone and style that I lack the vocabulary to properly adress, and there is also a kinda disappointing ending to the whole thing. Compared to the other two books the red thread leading through it feels arbitrary, with no-one of the cast having any real stakes in anything, and the way it ends feels lackluster.
What I assume to be the crowning moment glory happens in a little paragraph, the implications are never discussed and not even hinted at, and… yea, I am a bit disappointed with the whole thing.

The cover of All Tomorrow's Parties, by William Gibson. On a black background it shows on the bottom a massively overexposed photonegative of a part of a suspension bridge, turning more painfully white the further down one looks. In the upper middle, author, title, and a quote are shown in very blocky letters, with the words "title", "author", and "quote" pointing to their respective elements.

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