Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Neuromancer by William Gibson

4 reviews

cdc95's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

sillispike's review

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this book was mildly confusing, which i want to add first and foremost as it is not an "easy" read. i have mixed feelings on it; i found it very interesting but i'm not sure if i would personally call it a really good book. i think from a subjective standpoint, as is the case with many books in this genre, it's really good. i like the way it was written, the problems it deals with, the struggles of the characters. for me, though, it didn't quite grip me in the way i was hoping it to - it was more of a casual read. it's quite enjoyable though, so if you want to stretch yourself or enjoy questioning life a little this is a good book for you. otherwise don't bother because you'll probably get bored. and heads up! the ending is not what you'll expect (for me it even felt a little lackluster, but it was fitting).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

minzzi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

  This book was ok. The writing is just the way I like it, kinda poetic/metaphorical and not a lot of exposition. I also liked that, even though It's a book about computers and hackers, the narrative was more fantastical than hardcore sci-fi and the plot is very easy to follow.
   The characters, on the other hand... The main cast is fine (I am biased towards asshole protagonists after all) and so is Wintermute, but some of the side characters felt like just huge racial steriotypes to me and I couldn't concentrate in some parts because of how bad it was. 
  This book also falls into that old tale of "female character suffers sexual related trauma, but it's ok because she is a badass warrior" and I hate that so much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, and Suicide attempt