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A review by jadelaporte
Neuromancer by William Gibson
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Sometimes when you have a seminal work of fiction that is this influential and monumental, it can struggle to live up to its own gargantuan reputation. Not Neuromancer -- this book is absolutely incredible, start to finish, and it's insane that it was Gibson's debut novel. Even more insane that it helped spawn an entire sub-genre of science fiction and influenced so many of the most iconic movies/books/games of the last 30 years.
This was my second reading of Neuromancer and I feel like I appreciate it so much more the second time around. Gibson's prose can be frustratingly opaque at times, but it feels disingenuous to dock points off for such a thing when the prose is also so damn good. There are precious few books that I've read whose prose immediately sucks me in and envelopes me in moody atmosphere, and Neuromancer is one of them. It honestly feels like jacking into the matrix.
This was my second reading of Neuromancer and I feel like I appreciate it so much more the second time around. Gibson's prose can be frustratingly opaque at times, but it feels disingenuous to dock points off for such a thing when the prose is also so damn good. There are precious few books that I've read whose prose immediately sucks me in and envelopes me in moody atmosphere, and Neuromancer is one of them. It honestly feels like jacking into the matrix.