This book would have done much better as a 3000 word op-ed about capitalism, climate change, and why we should nationalize the banks.

For a generous take, the book feels like a peek into the daily lives of a handful of characters in post-climate disaster New York. It's like slice of life with some light noir and an interesting setting. You might also like this book if you love New York or are a woke finance bro.

But I hated almost every second of it. To me, the book was a series of largely arbitrary events loosely connected by a thin main plot that were only added so NYC: 2140 would actually feel like a book instead of a series of rants on finance (jargon-heavy), New York history, and climate change. 

The writing is astoundingly sloppy. Big things like arbitrary conflict with too easy resolution, unjustified character motivations, underdeveloped characters, and weak attempts at character development, but also little things that an editor should have caught like continuity errors. 

There are some great ideas and fun moments here, but everything just fell so flat for me.  Also, for a book so focused on money, power, and corruption - how did we land on such a generous take on the NYPD? Thank heavens they're the ones fighting to protect New Yorkers from the corrupt businesspeople sabotaging the city....