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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-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
all reviews in one place: night mode reading; skaitom nakties rezimu
About the Book: A gang of misfits gather together, pushed by their circumstances, blackmail, living conditions, need for creds, you name it. Forming a little gang, they prepare for a heist, one job to solve all their problems. Mostly. A tale as old as time: secretive benefactor, mysterious container, and half a city that want to take it. What could go wrong? Well, apparently, everything.
My Opinion: A refurbished formula that got tiresome after the first few retellings, and is not made any better by being the main theme in most of what we’re receiving in CP77 universe. From game, to DLC, to this book. Got predictable, linear, and, worse still, full of filler that served absolutely no other purpose than boosting the word numbers. Mediocre characters, poorly executed familiar ones from the game, and just overall… Well, lacking.
About the Book: A gang of misfits gather together, pushed by their circumstances, blackmail, living conditions, need for creds, you name it. Forming a little gang, they prepare for a heist, one job to solve all their problems. Mostly. A tale as old as time: secretive benefactor, mysterious container, and half a city that want to take it. What could go wrong? Well, apparently, everything.
My Opinion: A refurbished formula that got tiresome after the first few retellings, and is not made any better by being the main theme in most of what we’re receiving in CP77 universe. From game, to DLC, to this book. Got predictable, linear, and, worse still, full of filler that served absolutely no other purpose than boosting the word numbers. Mediocre characters, poorly executed familiar ones from the game, and just overall… Well, lacking.
adventurous
dark
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
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was great (got it a few days early at a local Books-A-Million)
If you're new to the Cyberpunk Universe, this book is NOT for you. Play the game or watch Edgerunners (which is amazing, by the way) before you dive into this. The slang they use and visual concepts of the characters, gangs, and city itself won't really make sense or hit home to you unless you've spent time with the visual media of this franchise.
That being said, the characters are amazing. Just like Edgerunners, you get to see how people deal with living in Night City. At first, you get introduced to a lot of characters at once, but then you spend a good amount of time in their heads throughout the book, so I didn't find the large cast to be a problem at all. I really like it, actually.
This time, you get to view it from many different POVS (members of different gangs, a corpo, a poor ex-soldier, poor nerdy kid with a nagging mom, an exotic dancer, and more). It really gives you multiple views into what it's like to live in this city.
I even found myself sympathizing with a Maelstromer (only for a second, though). Who would've thought that would ever happen?
The entire plot is VERY Cyberpunk. I don't know how else to describe without spoilers, but it fits perfectly into the other stories we've seen in this universe.
This book does switch POVs very fast. Sometimes, you'll have more than 5 POVs in one section of a chapter. By the end of the first chapter, I got used to it. I also really liked it. I didn't expect to like it, but it fits well in this universe where things happy crazy fast, and the "camera" is snapping to different people quickly throughout the scene. I think it worked really well.
I will say Albert's storyline started strong, but then I got really bored of reading his same philosophical thoughts over and over. We get it...you wanna live in the Net like Alt Cunningham. I liked Albert's story as a whole. I was getting bored of his philosophical thoughts.
If you're new to the Cyberpunk Universe, this book is NOT for you. Play the game or watch Edgerunners (which is amazing, by the way) before you dive into this. The slang they use and visual concepts of the characters, gangs, and city itself won't really make sense or hit home to you unless you've spent time with the visual media of this franchise.
That being said, the characters are amazing. Just like Edgerunners, you get to see how people deal with living in Night City. At first, you get introduced to a lot of characters at once, but then you spend a good amount of time in their heads throughout the book, so I didn't find the large cast to be a problem at all. I really like it, actually.
This time, you get to view it from many different POVS (members of different gangs, a corpo, a poor ex-soldier, poor nerdy kid with a nagging mom, an exotic dancer, and more). It really gives you multiple views into what it's like to live in this city.
I even found myself sympathizing with a Maelstromer (only for a second, though). Who would've thought that would ever happen?
The entire plot is VERY Cyberpunk. I don't know how else to describe without spoilers, but it fits perfectly into the other stories we've seen in this universe.
This book does switch POVs very fast. Sometimes, you'll have more than 5 POVs in one section of a chapter. By the end of the first chapter, I got used to it. I also really liked it. I didn't expect to like it, but it fits well in this universe where things happy crazy fast, and the "camera" is snapping to different people quickly throughout the scene. I think it worked really well.
I will say Albert's storyline started strong, but then I got really bored of reading his same philosophical thoughts over and over. We get it...you wanna live in the Net like Alt Cunningham. I liked Albert's story as a whole. I was getting bored of his philosophical thoughts.
(2.45 Stars)
I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it either. I don't know how to put it... The Characters progressed, but didn't really "grow". The world is good, but it is based on a gaming world so I don't know how much of that is the author and how much of it was just lifted-and-shifted from the game.
It was also translated so I don't know what, if anything, was "lost in translation".
But... The overlapping stories are interesting and the action is enjoyable. I didn't love the pacing, but again... that could also be from the translation.
I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it either. I don't know how to put it... The Characters progressed, but didn't really "grow". The world is good, but it is based on a gaming world so I don't know how much of that is the author and how much of it was just lifted-and-shifted from the game.
It was also translated so I don't know what, if anything, was "lost in translation".
But... The overlapping stories are interesting and the action is enjoyable. I didn't love the pacing, but again... that could also be from the translation.
The characters were a mixed bag of misfits banding together for a heist. They were well thought out, but their motivations weren't always clear.
The plot clever enough, but some of the sub-plots felt like dead ends.
The bleak setting and the high tech weapons were the highpoints.
The audiobook had some problems with pov changes.
Overall it was fast paced and always held my attention.
The plot clever enough, but some of the sub-plots felt like dead ends.
The bleak setting and the high tech weapons were the highpoints.
The audiobook had some problems with pov changes.
Overall it was fast paced and always held my attention.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes