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Loveable characters:
No
cool concept but the writing & dialogue were so bad they couldn’t support the world building.
can’t even give a 2 full stars because of the incest. the story could have existed without the incest, and I think I would have cared much more about getting Des back if she were a girlfriend.
can’t even give a 2 full stars because of the incest. the story could have existed without the incest, and I think I would have cared much more about getting Des back if she were a girlfriend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Firstly, I would like to apologise to twenty-something me for not reading this back in the 90s. As a science fiction / fantasy / new weird kinda guy, I should have been reading Jeff Noon for more of my life. Anyway, I'll probably forgive me...
This is a roller-coaster ride of good crazy. Michael Marshall Smith hooks up with Poppy Z Brite, they score from Hunter & then take a trip to Wonderland. An exciting, engrossing, disturbing piece - linguistically excellent - with concepts that I imagine (and hope) will be developed in later books. Which I am immensely looking forward to reading.
Will leave you feeling totally feathered up & living on the dub side...
This is a roller-coaster ride of good crazy. Michael Marshall Smith hooks up with Poppy Z Brite, they score from Hunter & then take a trip to Wonderland. An exciting, engrossing, disturbing piece - linguistically excellent - with concepts that I imagine (and hope) will be developed in later books. Which I am immensely looking forward to reading.
Will leave you feeling totally feathered up & living on the dub side...
I read this because it was set in Manchester, where I live. Whilst the streets were quite literally all around my house it could have been set anywhere for the level of Mancunian immersion it provided. Having said that I thoroughly enjoyed it and it made me want to read his next book. The closest description I could think of would be trainspotting meets blade runner as a futuristic drug hazed rescue mission. Well worth the effort it takes.
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A tough book to review. There are some very interesting ideas here. Very. But those ideas alone may not be enough to sustain real interest for the entire novel. And some of the rest feels like warmed over William Gibson. The herky-jerky prose is supposed to evoke addiction, physcotropics and the wild west days of the internet. But it can also become tiresome. Likely would have been much better as a tighter, shorter novella.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book definitely chose me. I know that sounds corny, but it did. I kept seeing it at a bookstore and finally just had to pick it up. I ended up reading five pages past the first page before I even realized it. Vurt is an interesting story, wholly unique and out of this world. We are thrust into the dingy streets of Manchester where man and droids coexist, real pets are a rare item, cops are made of smoke, and the real world shares a room with the hallucinatory world of Vurt where anyone can experience sex, peace, darkness, etc together in an alternate universe. The cast of characters are unlike any other. Scribble, Beetle, Mandy, Tristan and Suze, as well as a bad ass villain Murdoch and the shadowcop Takshaka. It's a constant trip chapter after chapter. Noon brings you up and down, over and under through each Vurt world with ease and vividness unmatched in anything I've ever read. The Thing from Outer Space is also a cherished character. There were a few things that made me queasy (i.e. ). Really enjoyed the way almost each chapter is split between articles describing each different Vurt. Amazing writing style pulls you in and doesn't let go. Extremely radiant and bright, and if I had to issue a warning, I would say it's sometimes a sensory overload kind of read that you have to read things twice a few times. Still one of the best books I've discovered.