Reviews tagging 'Death'

Neuromancer by William Gibson

32 reviews

isd's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don't actually know what I expected from Neuromancer beyong hacking, ICE-breaking, cyberspace, and weird lingo because this is where all that originated from. The storyline itself is a heist gig, and the novel's title wasn't directly related to the protagonist very much against what I had assumed.

The weird lingo I expected was pretty much familiar from all other media already, and it came in at a casual pace. Somehow (mostly because of a comment in someone's Quantum Thief review from a few years back, I imagine) I was prepared to be bombarded by a metaphorical dictionary brick in the face and that definitely did not manifest. Maybe my line of work with software development impacted that a bit.

The dystopic corporate greed and such is very much spot on but still somehow worse than presently, and the worldbuilding is quite interesting. One very eighties-thing is the incredible amount of constant smoking that really jumps out these days :D

It'd be nice if people with any power didn't take this as a guidebook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol

cosmoscryptid's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

moiragibson's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-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: Complicated

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It's one of those books that immerses you in another world so thoroughly that you just kind of have to go along for the ride and not question every unfamiliar term / phrase... It's not a bad story, and by the end it felt worth reading, but in the first half I felt pretty lost and debated whether I should finish it or not. It's worth sticking with til the end, if only for some of the intriguing twists in the second half. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Classism

Minor: Rape, Torture

czoesq's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

erikwmj's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder

Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, Violence

renicula's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content

wagthree's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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While Gibson’s writing can be dense at times, the whole vibe of the characters and the world within this book is immaculate. Molly is maybe the coolest character I’ve ever encountered? Loved it. Read it at the top of the year and have just begun a reread; it’s very possible I missed some things the first time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

zeal's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A very dense story that I struggled to get through due to an unusual writing style and a lot of unexplained terminology that you have to come to understand through context and guesswork.  I enjoyed the story for what it was however, and it's easy to see how it inspired the entire genre of Cyberpunk.  Worth a read if for no other reason than to see where it all started!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Violence

Minor: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

forsakendaydreamer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really liked the first half of this book, but the second half kinda fell flat. The vibes really reminded me of the movie Hackers, and I absolutely love that movie. There were just a lot of weird things that kinda threw me off the whole time. It had the trope "male author always talking about breasts," and that was pretty off putting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content

ewwa18's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail