Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Difference Engine by William Gibson

3 reviews

sn03's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, War, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Antisemitism, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Alcohol, and Infidelity

mmehdi_auteur's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: War, Violence, and Gun violence

begglebites's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The authors put a lot of effort into reworking history into some other form, but they don't do a great job of presenting anything.
The pacing is all mixed up, I never know what technical details are going to matter, since we're bouncing around primary characters and times without ever really connecting with anyone. Half of the scenes for which we spend time reading all the alt-history details don't carry any real weight in the narrative. They just further confuse me about what the main point is supposed to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content