Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Neuromancer by William Gibson

6 reviews

unfoundation's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? Yes

4.75

One of my favourite books. Just finished a reread.

The world is chaotic and entrancing. The plot hurtles through it at speed, twisting this way and that, but never getting lost. 

It’s incredible to realize that Gibson came up with so many of these ideas and imagery in 1984. The foundational text of cyberpunk. You can see so many themes and ideas stemming from this. 

Case is a complex main character but ultimately you root for him. Like seeing a friend make some bad decisions. Molly is a tragic terminator, both intimidating and sympathetic. Armitage, Wintermute and Peter are all ominous antagonists. There are a host of other amazing characters who make the world rich and leave lasting impressions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Gore, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief, Rape, and Torture

totallyglitched's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

missdragon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense

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

4.0

 Gosh this was a really interesting, honestly great read and I'm not sure where to begin. This book is considered to be what created cyberpunk as a genre but also was the origin of a bunch of other things I didn't know about - the concept of cyberspace before the internet, the matrix as a concept and the Japanese/science fiction aesthetic you see a lot, especially in the blade runner movie. Think fast paced, heist, Nior type of thing. With the standard cast of characters you'd expect - they don't really develop much past their archetypes. 

 

I loved how the book didn't hold your hand throughout it felt like being thrown into a world at a very quick pace, and you were expected to keep up, especially when it comes to understanding the world, and It's something I really value in science fiction books - there is no exposition you have to work things out, most things really, based on context. This was one of the things I really liked about Do Androids as well. 

 

The dialogue was excellent, and I loved how it was integrated into the action and text of the book. The writing itself flowed really well, it was very entertaining and thought provoking. I liked how the story effortlessly moved between real life stable things, and the dream-like sequences of being in the cyberspace area. 

 

This was very close to being a five star read for me, very very close, but I've opted for 4.75 stars for two reasons, firstly

The main character has casual sex with two of the main women in the story and it's written quite badly.

and secondly, sometimes information, in the form of random new science fiction words, were casually inserted into the rather fast moving text, with zero explanation as to what they were or what they looked like. As a reader this made it a hard to visualise some of the scenes, and I also don't know how accurate what I'm imagining is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and War

bryelle's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

Very cool look into the cyber punk origins. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is definitely a foundational work in the genre and the descriptions are lush and amazing. I love reading older sci-fi for the kind of grimy analog futurism and no one does that like Gibson. However, the main character is kind of pathetic and weird, the women feel like props, and the characters of colour are embarrassing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual content, Addiction, Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, War, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Rape

dargent94's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, and Cursing