I don't think this is a dystopia as there's some many things like in our world. It's speculative fiction at its best, the representation of a world so similar to ours.
It's terrifying and fascinating at the same time as the topics it deals with like capitalism, hyper-connection, climate crisis.
The characters are realistic and fleshed out.
Samit Basu's storytelling is good and I liked the style of writing.
It's not a heartwarming and funny book but it's an interesting book.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine