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tricky's review
2.0
This book started well, the lead character Parrish is strong but vulnerable.
Yet there was something that just did not gel for me in the story. I am not sure it was the world that was created or just that a great story became unnecessarily complicated.
Still it was an enjoyable read.
Yet there was something that just did not gel for me in the story. I am not sure it was the world that was created or just that a great story became unnecessarily complicated.
Still it was an enjoyable read.
tien's review
4.0
Enjoyed this one immensely -more than I thought I would! This was a bargain pickup which of course, I now found that subsequent books are out of print, Arrgh! I managed to find a copy from a second hand rare book store so hopefully it'll get here safely within the week :)
Parrish Plessis has built a tight multi-layered shell over her big heart and yet, some helpless people and feral children can still worm through to her warm living heart. She left home because it wasn't a safe place and she'd rather make it on her own. Yet, the Tert proves to be just as dangerous if not more as she turns out to be rather convenient as a pawn. However, she's been helpless before and she's never going to be rolled by anyone, ever again.
Set in Australia of 21 century, the world was rendered near unrecognisable as worsening climate has rendered internal regions to be near unlivable and so most lived near the coast. Yet, there is still the rich and the poor. The Tert(iary) is where Parrish lives and it is a poor area with war lords commanding different sections. But a war is brewing with Parrish caught in the midst of it all.
A kick ass heroine with heart and amazing world building, Nylon Angel was an engaging read and I wondered why I don't read many Cyberpunk novels. I believe I am now a convert.
Parrish Plessis has built a tight multi-layered shell over her big heart and yet, some helpless people and feral children can still worm through to her warm living heart. She left home because it wasn't a safe place and she'd rather make it on her own. Yet, the Tert proves to be just as dangerous if not more as she turns out to be rather convenient as a pawn. However, she's been helpless before and she's never going to be rolled by anyone, ever again.
Set in Australia of 21 century, the world was rendered near unrecognisable as worsening climate has rendered internal regions to be near unlivable and so most lived near the coast. Yet, there is still the rich and the poor. The Tert(iary) is where Parrish lives and it is a poor area with war lords commanding different sections. But a war is brewing with Parrish caught in the midst of it all.
A kick ass heroine with heart and amazing world building, Nylon Angel was an engaging read and I wondered why I don't read many Cyberpunk novels. I believe I am now a convert.
marktimmony's review
4.0
WOW! From start to finish, the pace doesn’t let up. The author drops you head-first into a future Australia where media conglomerates rule and the urban sprawl has turned into ‘super-cities’. Antiheroes and anti-villians abound as you follow Parrish Plessis on her rollercoaster ride.
snowcrash's review
2.0
The book has a good setup on the back cover that I picked it up on sale. I hadn't heard of the author, more bonus points. Set in a late 21st century part of eastern Australia, we are given a 1st person narrative of a lady down deep in the filth of living on the edge. But it then falls apart.
The narrative has too many two, three word sentences that end with an exclamation point. Lots of them! (Like that) It pulls from the narrative that this is supposed to be a hard boiled fighter, not a teenager on twitter. The cyberpunk angle is weak. Mainly body augments here, but little else. These folks use disks (one is called a Zip disk, dating the book) and hacking seems to be simply pressing a lot of keys. As our hero does in finding a backdoor in super heavy cyber security.
The main character bounces around in the plot, but she doesn't actually do much. The whole book swirls around her, but she can't get anything together. Plus there is voodoo. I felt the book was trying to hard to be too many things at the same time. Pick a couple and run with it (the media aspect of using the poor as entertainment for the rich is one). Plus build up the characters better. The main character isn't all that interesting to be riding on her shoulder for nearly 300 pages.
There is one point where the book touches 21st century pop culture. The media, whom actually run things and are above any law, say that a specific escape conducted by our heroine was "Mission-Impossible like."
The narrative has too many two, three word sentences that end with an exclamation point. Lots of them! (Like that) It pulls from the narrative that this is supposed to be a hard boiled fighter, not a teenager on twitter. The cyberpunk angle is weak. Mainly body augments here, but little else. These folks use disks (one is called a Zip disk, dating the book) and hacking seems to be simply pressing a lot of keys. As our hero does in finding a backdoor in super heavy cyber security.
The main character bounces around in the plot, but she doesn't actually do much. The whole book swirls around her, but she can't get anything together. Plus there is voodoo. I felt the book was trying to hard to be too many things at the same time. Pick a couple and run with it (the media aspect of using the poor as entertainment for the rich is one). Plus build up the characters better. The main character isn't all that interesting to be riding on her shoulder for nearly 300 pages.
There is one point where the book touches 21st century pop culture. The media, whom actually run things and are above any law, say that a specific escape conducted by our heroine was "Mission-Impossible like."
dearbhla's review
2.0
I almost wish I hadn’t finish this book. I was on the verge of tossing it around two thirds in, but figured I’d read this far might as well see how it ends. But the final third is actually quite good. Not sure if it is enough to make up for the first part, But now I am a little curious about the next books in the series.
Full review: http://www.susanhatedliterature.net/2006/03/31/nylon-angel/
Full review: http://www.susanhatedliterature.net/2006/03/31/nylon-angel/
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