Trouble and Her Friends - Melissa Scott Book Review

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"Trouble was a cracker before the passing of a law that made working in the shadows on the net more dangerous and difficult. She quit - but now someone is using her name online, linking her to a number of break-ins and attacks. To get the law off her back, she's got to reclaim her name, and find the new Trouble, which means looking up some old connections she thought she'd left before, including her ex-lover, Cerise. The story is well-written, but the setting is rather standard; typical cyberpunk type world. "
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding a spy/saboteur
Robots, Computers, VR Yes
Robot, PC, VR Plotlets: - virtual reality
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - lesbians! - description of breasts - descript. of non-breast female anat.
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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