Had to sit with this one for a while because I wasn't sure how to feel about it. Well, almost two weeks later, the major feeling is disappointment. 

This is a decent premise that is completely bogged down by the narrative POV decision made. If it works for you, then it works, but it just kept grating at me as the book went on, and only got worse as the mysteries of the murder and the world itself began to unfold. 

Marking as a spoiler, though the POV is revealed almost immediately.

The problem with having a murder mystery set in the POV of an all knowing, all seeing AI is that the narrative itself purposefully keeps things from you, the reader. It has to, in order to keep the suspense going. It forces the writing into a certain pattern, one that very rarely works for me - and it certainly didn't here. It forces the author to create ways to justify not telling the reader information when you know the narrative voice you're in has it. There is NO mystery and NO story unless you create false suspense. It's FRUSTRATING.

There was some interesting character work and the world building was intriguing, but I think it all just kind of falls apart in the third act.  The speculative dystopian aspect had some promise but didn't feel totally fleshed out. 

I wish I liked this better, because I own the hardcover with nice orange sprayed edges. At least it looks good, I guess.