Personally, I loved the book; it has an unconventional writing style, which could be a problem to some folks. It doesn't follow your usual gritty, brand-name infused neon-lights and acid rain style for cyberpunk. The book is told from the perspective of a 'traditional' storyteller, the kind you'd hear around the campfire. That makes more sense, since it's a 'run in Lagos. He doesn't care what brand or model of gun the characters carried, he just says whether it's a pistol or a rifle or something else. Regardless, he definitely isn't an omniscient storyteller, and it's worded that way. It starts part-way through the run, with the storyteller pausing at certain points to flesh out how they got to said point, to flesh out the identities and personalities of the team.