Reviews

Neuromancer by William Gibson

rwilhoyte's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't hate this book or love it. I feel kinda meh about it and I think that's because I couldn't really connect with any of the characters. Sometimes I had trouble keeping them straight. There so much technobabble in this story it prevented me from really being able to connect with the story. Just when I thought I knew what was going on, I'd hit a large chunk of technobabble and get lost again.

aido_potato's review against another edition

2.0

I get why this book caught the imaginations of so many and there were several scenes I’ll certainly remember, but I found the characters and pros were way to lame to give more than two stars .

lightningmarshal's review against another edition

I found it difficult to keep the narrative and characters straight. However, many of the setting were but not interesting enough to keep me reading.

edwards1981's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

velauthoraptor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

tidtil's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

bruinuclafan's review against another edition

2.0

Imagine being the guy who came up with The Matrix and executing it so poorly that nobody knows it but a fairly small subset of people. Neuromancer is the tale of Case, a washed up hacker who gets recruited for one last big job. He joins a rag-tag crew of unsavory characters to ultimately pull off an Oceans Eleven type heist.

The problem is that the characters are terrible and not well developed. The plot is fine, and some of the ideas in the book are amazing (this book was written in 1984, well before computers were part of everyday life, which I admit makes Gibson quite a visionary). But the execution just isn't there. The book is not written well. It's hard to follow at times. The dialogue sucks.

Is it worth a read? I'd say yes, with the proper perspective. But I would not rank this anywhere close to books written by the sci-fi masters (i.e. Le Guin).

monsty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

effervescentsoul's review against another edition

3.0

2nd time I read this. It is interesting to see how much both I & the world have changed since the early 90s, when I last read it.

jgscherber's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0