it's honestly a bit worrisome to write a review on a book with such weight on its shoulders, analyzed and reviewed by persons much more advanced and skilled than i am but i want a foot in the game so here i go, have to start somewhere yeah?
NEUROMANCER- yeah epic name cool and unique title.
I'll be honest this is like my first Sci fi book so ALOT of things kinda went over my head my sci fi expericnce only comes from movies and games, so i can't give you a complete outline of what the story was exactly but from what i understood it was a about this guy called case, whos a drug addict and is a burned out netrunner and he's damn good at his job, his company isn't all that great either in fact i don't think he ever meets a good person to say, but anyway he gets tagged in this group who pulls of heist and he gets a construct to talk to then they go to turkey for smt then space where like it gets super entertaining, like seriously space casinos, dance, fireworks restaurants, all the good shit and then the story ends pretty well.
so lets talk about what i liked, the atmosphere and imagery was top notch i don't know what i was supposed to imagine or what the books was talking about but damn it has its way with words which just pulls you in.
the character's, especially case and molly i really enjoyed they were not only fleshed out but had a pretty good bond which was fun, there was also like dix, maelcum,wintermute etc.
speaking of way with words the books prose is really smooth you keep reading and wanting to read even when you don't understand stuff, which lead to the pace of the story being pretty tight near 300 pages of smooth sailing and iconic imagery
finishing this book left me empty for a good bit
what i didn't like was the 2 sex scenes i think which pop outta nowhere add nothing to plot or characters' and could be completely fine without, they were short but still, the other elements of nudity on the other hand add to the depravity of the world.
yeah that's really it for things which really stood out to me
its crazy how influential and crazy this book is not only that but gibson wrote this on a typewriter and in a time half this tech didn't even exist.
8/10
by legz2006