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ceeess's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Gore, Murder, Police brutality, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Addiction
discerninggm's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Gore, War, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual assault and Animal cruelty
Minor: Animal death
voxvenati's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
There isn’t exactly a specific content warning tag for this, but it’s going in spoilers for anyone who doesn’t want to know:
After all that, I did enjoy the rest of the book. The Netflix show deviated from the book in a lot of respects, but they’re both just as engaging, and I had a good time with both. The world building is phenomenal. I’m obsessed. I enjoyed the characters, especially Kovacs. The plot was solid. I found myself thinking about this book almost constantly when I wasn’t reading it. People hate on the sex scenes, but I found them better written than most of the romance and erotica I’ve read this year.
The most fascinating thing in the book is, of course, the altered carbon. The way Morgan discusses the implications of such a technology - how resleeving affects people psychologically, how the government takes advantage of it, what happens when you can’t afford to bring a loved one back, how organized religion would react to this, how class disparities become so great that the 1% virtually become gods. Really good shit. Chef kiss.
Even so, there were a few negatives for me. First, the above spoiler/content warning was really unexpected. It made its point but the amount of time spent on it hurt me. Second, I’m not sure how I feel about the treatment of sex work in this world. Takeshi seems neutral toward it, but Ortega makes several disparaging comments about the “whorehouses” and people working there. Last, the treatment of the Sharya culture and peoples was distasteful at times.
This book certainly has its issues, but the writing, characters, concepts, and plot really made up for it in my opinion. If none of the content warnings are a dealbreaker, it’s worth a read. Just don’t expect it to be the Netflix show.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Excrement, and Violence
fahyhallowell's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Torture, Drug use, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, and Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, War, and Animal death