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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
⭐ 2.0 I honestly have no idea what the plot of this story was. I felt constantly lost on what's going on, who these people are, where we are and how tf
Spoiler
we end up in space?!?
fast-paced
I had never read a cyber punk novel before Neuromancer, but I figured if I was going to read one, I should start with the one that started the genre. It didn't hurt that Neuromancer won the Nebula, Hugo and Philip K. Dick awards.
The story was interesting enough, but what really impressed me about Neuromancer was the language. First, the jargon and dialect really help to sell the premise and enhance the otherwise formulaic plot. Second, and more importantly, Gibson seemed to understand where the future of technology was going back in 1986, which is really impressive. Here is a quote from Neuromancer (there are no spoilers about the novel in it) that really illustrates the author's foresight:
"The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games... Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data."
The biggest issue I had with the novel is that for as well as Gibson writes concepts and computers, he struggles to write characters. It is very difficult to connect with either Case or Molly on any level, as they are both written as if they are as mechanical as the decks and mods they operate with.
The story was interesting enough, but what really impressed me about Neuromancer was the language. First, the jargon and dialect really help to sell the premise and enhance the otherwise formulaic plot. Second, and more importantly, Gibson seemed to understand where the future of technology was going back in 1986, which is really impressive. Here is a quote from Neuromancer (there are no spoilers about the novel in it) that really illustrates the author's foresight:
"The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games... Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data."
The biggest issue I had with the novel is that for as well as Gibson writes concepts and computers, he struggles to write characters. It is very difficult to connect with either Case or Molly on any level, as they are both written as if they are as mechanical as the decks and mods they operate with.
I didn't understand around 50-60% of what was happening but the inginuity of which it was written kept me coming back. You can see how it was an originating point from which other cyberpunk and science fiction draws from. I would love to read this again after reading articles about the writing of the book and the deeper meaning of what it told.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I found it quite hard to get into the book as there was lots of techno-jargon and company-institution names that I wish there was a little dictionary in the back. At some parts the descriptions were also confusing. I did end up powering through that and I did enjoy the story. Maybe I will re-read this some years down the line when I'm more used to cyberpunk terminology but right now I dont have the same love lots of other people seem to have for it.
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it's undeniable peak. this is to cyberpunk what dune is to scifi as a whole.
shoutout to my grade 12 English teacher for getting me to read this for the first time. this kinda took me back to being 17
shoutout to my grade 12 English teacher for getting me to read this for the first time. this kinda took me back to being 17
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