Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Neuromancer by William Gibson

34 reviews

cdc95's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

misty_kb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death

cattaxauditor's review against another edition

It really shows its age. Not talking technologically, but in weird carried over cultural attitudes. Molly could be a great character, but her role is so often reduced to sex toy for Case and Armitage's errand girl. Loved seeing the ground where so much media I like took root, but it's not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

matilyn's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Classism, and Death

lindseylosers's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Chronic illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Murder, Drug use, and Cursing

taaz0's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Medical trauma, Drug use, and Mental illness

sillispike's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

this book was mildly confusing, which i want to add first and foremost as it is not an "easy" read. i have mixed feelings on it; i found it very interesting but i'm not sure if i would personally call it a really good book. i think from a subjective standpoint, as is the case with many books in this genre, it's really good. i like the way it was written, the problems it deals with, the struggles of the characters. for me, though, it didn't quite grip me in the way i was hoping it to - it was more of a casual read. it's quite enjoyable though, so if you want to stretch yourself or enjoy questioning life a little this is a good book for you. otherwise don't bother because you'll probably get bored. and heads up! the ending is not what you'll expect (for me it even felt a little lackluster, but it was fitting).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

byorgey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Drug use

rubybastille's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Filing this one under “I recognize it’s a formative text in the genre but I did not enjoy reading it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Drug use

minzzi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

  This book was ok. The writing is just the way I like it, kinda poetic/metaphorical and not a lot of exposition. I also liked that, even though It's a book about computers and hackers, the narrative was more fantastical than hardcore sci-fi and the plot is very easy to follow.
   The characters, on the other hand... The main cast is fine (I am biased towards asshole protagonists after all) and so is Wintermute, but some of the side characters felt like just huge racial steriotypes to me and I couldn't concentrate in some parts because of how bad it was. 
  This book also falls into that old tale of "female character suffers sexual related trauma, but it's ok because she is a badass warrior" and I hate that so much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence