This is the kind of fiction I have come to expect from Cory Doctorow. But that is not a bad thing. It's good to read a fun adventure that's politically aware that has some elements to make almost everyone a little uncomfortable at points.

Although it makes no obvious reference to Diogenes (the Cynic), some of the actions and beliefs of the protagonists are clearly aligned with his ideas, and it does a lovely job of depicting the beauty in those ideas.