Got to read this over the weekend - seemed to be an iconic book that may cover areas I'd need to research treatment of for my own writing...
It was interesting - the style, Bladerunner landscape, and the techno-future vision was generally engaging, but after racing through scenes for the first half/two-thirds of the book, it seemed to suddenly change tact by slowing to indulge in the final set-piece of scenes, and I found myself losing interest because of the slowing of pace.
Afterwards, it seemed that there was little that the protagonist actually achieved in the book - in fact, I don't believe we ever saw explained why Case was specifically chosen for the job despite being deeply unsuitable - can anyone correct me on this?? Overall, gave the impression of the protagonist being actually irrelevant, which probably isn't a good thing for a story.
This was a book of wonderful images - the AI and ICE in the matrix, for example - but I was left with a feeling that the story itself was more an exercise in stylish posturing than of any actual substance.
Any thoughts??
It was interesting - the style, Bladerunner landscape, and the techno-future vision was generally engaging, but after racing through scenes for the first half/two-thirds of the book, it seemed to suddenly change tact by slowing to indulge in the final set-piece of scenes, and I found myself losing interest because of the slowing of pace.
Afterwards, it seemed that there was little that the protagonist actually achieved in the book - in fact, I don't believe we ever saw explained why Case was specifically chosen for the job despite being deeply unsuitable - can anyone correct me on this?? Overall, gave the impression of the protagonist being actually irrelevant, which probably isn't a good thing for a story.
This was a book of wonderful images - the AI and ICE in the matrix, for example - but I was left with a feeling that the story itself was more an exercise in stylish posturing than of any actual substance.
Any thoughts??