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A review by revellee
Neuromancer by William Gibson
1.0
I had to force myself to finish this one. I love sci-fi. I love weird sci-fi. I like older sci-fi. I love Philip K Dick. But this ain't it no matter how many people try to tell me this is a must-read for a sci-fi lover.
The characters are flat af. The main character, Case, is barely described at all. He doesn't really do anything besides get high and have sex - and not in an interesting way. He's pulled out of a forced retirement to handle a major cyber attack yet he doesn't seem to be that involved in anything that is going on, instead a few side characters (Molly, the Flatline and Maelcum) handle all the actual work. The reader is given zero reason to care about Case or what he is doing. Molly is described in only sexist ways, like how the key hangs between her bouncing breasts or her skin tight leather pants feel when he remotes into her.
I can see how other writers may have gotten some inspiration from setting and ideas presented in Neuromancer, but honestly, I am not sure there is anything here that PKD doesn't cover in some manner and with WAY better execution.
The characters are flat af. The main character, Case, is barely described at all. He doesn't really do anything besides get high and have sex - and not in an interesting way. He's pulled out of a forced retirement to handle a major cyber attack yet he doesn't seem to be that involved in anything that is going on, instead a few side characters (Molly, the Flatline and Maelcum) handle all the actual work. The reader is given zero reason to care about Case or what he is doing. Molly is described in only sexist ways, like how the key hangs between her bouncing breasts or her skin tight leather pants feel when he remotes into her.
Spoiler
The only thing I really found interesting in this book was the dueling/complementary AIs, but that is barely explored, actually mostly skipped over to rush to a prologue happy ending.I can see how other writers may have gotten some inspiration from setting and ideas presented in Neuromancer, but honestly, I am not sure there is anything here that PKD doesn't cover in some manner and with WAY better execution.