Reviews - Neuromancer | The StoryGraph

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Neuromancer

William Gibson

3.69 AVERAGE

emrad0's review against another edition

3.0

challenging mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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pheo1900's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adamisdoingabookread's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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cgoode2000's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

atlasvitreous's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have to say, in the first third I kind of figured this one was overhyped. It was imaginative in all the ways I'd heard it would be, but the plot and characters were fairly formulaic-- interesting, but not life-changing. I was prepared to stick out a historical curiosity read with a solid 3.5 rating, but ooh boy this thing. Once the run got going, it got going.

I truly don't love everything about this book. Yet, the amount of reality-warping, mind-fucking, prophet-adjacent flavour and moments make it hard to say I didn't love this book by the end. So, I love this book. I'm Gibson-pilled.

Cyberspace is a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation. Cyberspace is a state of mind. Cyberspace is the computer room after it's dark. The endless stream of data and patterns we're too small to understand. The contrarily unchecked delusion of human grandeur. The unmaking of ourselves in our own digital image. Dude. I'm fine.

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