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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
I'm glad that by Count Zero William Gibson'd learnt how to structure a competent novel-length thriller, although it's built on the foundation of the Neuromancer, which I was ambivalent to negative about.
adventurous
sad
tense
slow-paced
An interestingly different followup to Neuromancer that takes care not to retread a lot of ground while still building on similar character archetypes and extrapolating on Neuromancer's ruminations on AI and the speculation on the future of global capitalism and technology.
Using multiple perspective characters instead of only one as in Neuromancer, Count Zero is both a little more slowly paced and a lot more tonally varied. While Gibson's writing is still terse and vivid, the different perspectives also involve differences in descriptive focus that makes the different chapters feel meaningfully different. Count Zero feels much more like interwoven short stories than Neuromancer, and while I think it sacrifices a good deal of climactic momentum (its ending is a lot more subdued, all things considered) it does provide a more interesting reading experience.
As with Neuromancer, the story is packed to the brim with great imagery and descriptive prose that has been justifiably emulated in a lot of subsequent cyberpunk fiction. There are similar issues with the use of Black characters and as signifiers of culture and humanity, but Gibson nonetheless renders individual characters distinctively and vividly. Overall less kinetic than Neuromancer, but still compelling.
Using multiple perspective characters instead of only one as in Neuromancer, Count Zero is both a little more slowly paced and a lot more tonally varied. While Gibson's writing is still terse and vivid, the different perspectives also involve differences in descriptive focus that makes the different chapters feel meaningfully different. Count Zero feels much more like interwoven short stories than Neuromancer, and while I think it sacrifices a good deal of climactic momentum (its ending is a lot more subdued, all things considered) it does provide a more interesting reading experience.
As with Neuromancer, the story is packed to the brim with great imagery and descriptive prose that has been justifiably emulated in a lot of subsequent cyberpunk fiction. There are similar issues with the use of Black characters and as signifiers of culture and humanity, but Gibson nonetheless renders individual characters distinctively and vividly. Overall less kinetic than Neuromancer, but still compelling.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
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:
No
Drink the book like a fine glass of cyber-wine. The slower you move through these books, the more you find to appreciate.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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