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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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
challenging
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Vague, sluggish, and unrewarding. Count Zero boldly departs from its predecessor with a multi-perspective narrative that only serves to confuse and detract from the overarching plot. I didn't find myself attached to anyone, and how could I with so little time to acquaint. Some interesting concepts are teased but ultimately never realized in an ending that also fails to satisfy. Hoping that Mona Lisa Overdrive redeems the Sprawl trilogy.
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Rereading one of my favorite trilogies. It's just got such style! The simstim ending is a bit funny but I just love the whole vibe of it. It just oozes cool
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I can see the three-pronged narrative structure turning people off but I really enjoyed each story separately, and then also seeing them intertwine as the story went on. If you like cyberpunk sci-fi, this is where it’s at.
another trip to the Sprawl and a worthy sequel to "Neuromancer"...
short plot description: set a couple of years after the events of "Neuromancer" we follow three seemingly unrelated plots. Turner is a mercenary whose speciality is assisting key employees leaving their employers. He is hired to get the scientist Mitchell away from his current employer but the attempt fails and Turner finds himself on the run with Mitchell's daughter Angela.
Bobby Newmark aka Count Zero is a wannabe console cowboy who gets duped into testing an experimental software which nearly kills him but gets saved by a near impossible event and in turn finds himself involved in dealings more wild than he ever imagined.
Marly Krushkova is an ex gallery owner down on her luck who gets hired by an incredible rich industrial magnat to find the unknown maker of Cornell-style art pieces. But the more she finds out about the pieces in question the more she questions her employers motives.
my thoughts: very good continuation of the Sprawl-series. The three parallel plots actually read like a series of short stories which might put some people off but is quite intriguing. The characters are interesting and are well developed. The setting is the same as in Neuromancer.
my advice: can be read stand-alone but should be read in sequence which means go with Neuromancer first.
short plot description: set a couple of years after the events of "Neuromancer" we follow three seemingly unrelated plots. Turner is a mercenary whose speciality is assisting key employees leaving their employers. He is hired to get the scientist Mitchell away from his current employer but the attempt fails and Turner finds himself on the run with Mitchell's daughter Angela.
Bobby Newmark aka Count Zero is a wannabe console cowboy who gets duped into testing an experimental software which nearly kills him but gets saved by a near impossible event and in turn finds himself involved in dealings more wild than he ever imagined.
Marly Krushkova is an ex gallery owner down on her luck who gets hired by an incredible rich industrial magnat to find the unknown maker of Cornell-style art pieces. But the more she finds out about the pieces in question the more she questions her employers motives.
my thoughts: very good continuation of the Sprawl-series. The three parallel plots actually read like a series of short stories which might put some people off but is quite intriguing. The characters are interesting and are well developed. The setting is the same as in Neuromancer.
my advice: can be read stand-alone but should be read in sequence which means go with Neuromancer first.