A review by btmarino84
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
3.0
3.5 stars.
Listen...this book is dated as hell and has a lot of "Takeshi is a Cool Dude Who Fucks" moments. But you know I'm a sucker for a Blade Runner/Neuromancer rip off, and the writing was propulsive (the action scenes are well choreagraphed and described). And there were actually interesting and complex women characters both villainous, heroic and in between...which I have to be honest I was not expecting from this. Anyway, I enjoyed it enough that I want to read the other two books and watch the show.
Listen...this book is dated as hell and has a lot of "Takeshi is a Cool Dude Who Fucks" moments. But you know I'm a sucker for a Blade Runner/Neuromancer rip off, and the writing was propulsive (the action scenes are well choreagraphed and described). And there were actually interesting and complex women characters both villainous, heroic and in between...which I have to be honest I was not expecting from this. Anyway, I enjoyed it enough that I want to read the other two books and watch the show.