lindseylosers's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Chronic illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Murder, Drug use, and Cursing
luxxltyd's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Terminal illness
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, and Sexual content
Minor: Incest and Suicide
ghast's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I really enjoyed this at parts, Gibson's writing is great with the atmospheric way he describes the places and all the different technology that you have to learn to infer from the text. Especially within the cyberspace/matrix, it's word salad but a good way for me. The book kinda grinds your brain to mush sometimes with a plot that doesn't take it's time to hold your hand, but that's what makes it intriguing because it does have a good plot (mostly).
The characters aren't all that interesting, might've only liked two of the characters. The plot is interesting with how it's set up that when it was reaching the end it felt very anti-climantic? It wasn't a horrible ending but it seemed too abrupt for me personally.
Still worth reading though if you're into dense sci-fi that has classic cyberpunk vibes all over it.
The characters aren't all that interesting, might've only liked two of the characters. The plot is interesting with how it's set up that when it was reaching the end it felt very anti-climantic? It wasn't a horrible ending but it seemed too abrupt for me personally.
Still worth reading though if you're into dense sci-fi that has classic cyberpunk vibes all over it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Incest and Vomit
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