I just started reading Neuromancer, and finished the first two chapters. Can someone encourage me to keep on reading? It’s just so… disorienting. Very quick scene changes, hard to follow dialogues (who is actually talking?), too much jargon (I have read up on some, to get the gist), … I just feel lost, and doubt I will enjoy it at some point.
I like various degrees of scifi, and many people recommended the book (and the ones following it). I also fought through some harder chapters in Trisolaris, Children of Memory, The Expanse books, CS Lewis‘ Space Trilogy, … but Neuromancer is on awholenother level.
Is it just me? Did anyone else have a hard time with it? Does it get better? Is it worth it?
I loved it but I read fast. William Gibson books, in general, do start off sort of disjointed then begin to turn into a story, so I’d say read this one through but if you don’t like it you probably don’t like his writing style. Also, I read it when it was new so it was quite novel at that time, sure it is a different experience at this point in time.
If you’re not into a book it is not some great personal failure to stop reading it. People put reading books on too high of a pedestal, it’s just like any other form of entertainment media and if you aren’t jiving with it you can just go do something else.
I was pretty hooked from the start. My imagination really took off with it picturing all the tech.
I also enjoy the cyberpunk genre, so I’m sure it helps.
It may also be my ADHD that the jumping around really just vibed with me.
I was basically hooked from the start. Probably just a personal preference thing, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I still haven’t been able to read through any of The Lord of the Rings, and yet see my first sentence, lol.
I’ve failed to finish reading Neuromancer, twice. I got 2/3 of the way through it, both times, and just bailed.
It’s not for everyone.
