Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Neuromancer by William Gibson

4 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

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

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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

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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

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Incest and Vomit