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totallyglitched's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Gore
Moderate: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts
missmansanas's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Addiction, Sexual assault, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Medical trauma
Minor: Incest and Suicidal thoughts
sillispike's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
minzzi's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual content, Addiction, Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, War, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Misogyny
Minor: Ableism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Rape
storyorc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexism and Racism
surelyinthefountain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Body horror
c_l's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Gibson's writing style caught me off guard, and it took me some time to settle into. I bet this would make for a much better re-read. It's highly metaphorical/poetic, without taking length to fine-tune a description. The characters all point to a dynamic, hostile, and compelling broader culture. This is probably my fav takeaway, especially when the settings are more alluded to than less concretely described (it works). I would recommend because:
- Valuable for understanding influence/lineage on media ("first cyberpunk").
- Observe future-casting for a hostile, techno-focused, late-capitalist world.
- [maybe spoilers? books been out since 1984 so...]
I've never seen AI used in a plot arc with this finish. - Gibson's writing style is worth digging into.
- Cool science fiction.
- Lots of heists.
- The matrix.
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Sexual violence