Neuromancer
When a washed up cowboy hacker has a chance to get back his old life and skillset, he takes it. Unfortunately, he has no clue the sticky mess he has just gotten himself into. With twists and surprises at each turn, Case has to try to get forbidden information for his AI employer. Will he make it to the other side unscathed?
Sorry to tell you folks, but this was a book I thought had a lot of potential, but fell flat on it’s face for me. I’ve tried to put a lot of effort into figuring out why and I think it could be a few different things. First off, I listened to this on Audible and the narrator (Robertson Dean) would have been a better hypnotist. I found myself a countless number of times zoning out and then coming to wondering what had just happened in the story. Thank goodness for the 30-second rewind button!
Another thing I found hard to get through was the changing characters and them tapping in and out of the matrix…I think this would have been a pretty amazing anime movie. That way it would have been easier to put a name with a face and piece the storyline together. Full disclosure here: I actually had to go to the Wikipedia page after the whole book was over because I had no idea what the full story was about. Once I read the plot summary I was like, “Oh! THAT’S what the whole thing was about!?”
All in all, the book constantly gave me flashes of the Netflix original Altered Carbon. Nueromancer is hard to follow and lack luster. Altered Carbon, however, is stunning visually and shows a dark and twisted future full of AI; so for me, there is enough of a connection to suggest watching this series instead of picking up Gibson’s book. I know, I know…that’s as close to sacrilegious as I get…but the truth is the truth.
Malia's Pizza Rating
A pepper jack za. Not sure how this would taste, but with all the jacking in and out of the matrix in this book, I had to go there.