Reviews

Neuromancer by William Gibson

tura's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

peanutallergy95's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

t0nym3atballs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

psychogen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.25

ethorwitz's review against another edition

3.0

I don't like this book, but I respect the hell out of it. Let me explain: on an objective level I admire how it fearlessly plunges you into a different world. I love how it uses the language of electronics to describe ordinary things to indicate how technology has absolutely saturated this setting. I love its prescience on the cultural consequences of the internet (I think it even predicted dubstep!) But it was a slog to read. The cyber-linguo was often so dense that it broke the suspension of disbelief. The characters were uninteresting at best, their motivations seemed contradictory and petty, many of their actions were baffling. Take Case: a bland cipher of a hacker whose only motivation is to get high on space-drugs or whatever, but nevertheless attracts every woman he meets. Eliminate Case and make kickass cyborg ninja Molly Millions the main character and suddenly things are twice as interesting. But no, sorry, she's a chick so the best she can be is the main squeeze. I guess the 80s was before people figured out that a boring male protagonist for the reader to project himself onto is sometimes a detriment to the plot.

It's possible that I'm being way too hard on this book. But I can't deny how frustrating it was get through, how every time you wanted another juicy turn of phrase or tidbit of creative futurology you had to conquer yet another tedious and nonsensical chase or action scene.

dillonrilea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

khazag169's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

emmareads97's review against another edition

Too confusing 

iikeli's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

angelofmine1974's review against another edition

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/tDQypEQIEyM

Enjoy!