A review by bluejayreads
Necrotech by K. C. Alexander

adventurous dark tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book started as a fun, high-octane adventure about a tech-enhanced mercenary who apparently did something truly terrible during a period of time she can't remember. I enjoyed the cyberpunk ideas and the tough, violent protagonist. But it got old quick. The book is unrelentingly violent (perhaps trying to evoke a rough life on the streets?) and it burned through any shock value or emotional response pretty early and then became both boring and over-the-top. Riko is in yet another fight, of course she is, let's move on. Her only setting seemed to be rage and violence - even when her girlfriend dies (not a spoiler, it's the inciting incident), she's more concerned with the damage to her reputation. Even though she knew how to win many of the situations she got herself into, she still got beaten because she couldn't stop trying to solve everything with violence, and that got really frustrating. I haven't read a lot of cyberpunk so I found it interesting for that, but if you've never thought extreme violence could get dull, you should give this book a try! 
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