There is way too much of the novel spent in virtual reality, wherein to be honest things aren’t as interesting in there as they are in the real world of the novel. It would kind of be like if there was a novel about a farmer, where he’d watch the growth of his corn or how to make more ridges on the cob. Spending so much time in there is such a big disconnect from the rest of the story, especially with the limited amount of real people in/aware of VR.