A review by demosthenes
Neuromancer by William Gibson

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I hated this. I finished it out of obligation, but I really, truly loathed this book. I have three major qualms with it:

1. The world-building was AWFUL. HORRENDOUS. Like I'm not that into sci-fi, so I'm sure there are some things I would've better understood if I knew the genre better; that wasn't the main issue though. Golding would pull out RANDOM sci fi gobbledygook and never explain what on earth it was. This just made it SO hard to understand what was going on, I was nearly clueless the entire read.
2. The writing style was incredibly dull. It was plainly uninteresting and it was so boring, I couldn't keep my attention on the book and I'd have to restart the page because my mind had wondered so far away from the story. I was never excited to pick this up every day I was reading it.
3. The only female character, Molly, was terribly written. She wasn't a person who was female, her only defining feature was that she was female, so of course
   she had experience as a prostitute, and of course she had sex with the main character within the first few pages they met.
   Ridiculous. One thing that really bothered me was that,
   when Case hopped into her mind with the SimStim, the first thing she did upon his arrival was to reach under her shirt and pinch her nipple, so he could experience it too.
   Who in the world would do that.

Overall, I hated it. I'm sure others thought it was a good book, but I just couldnt move past these things. Wouldn't reccomend (sorry i needed to rant).