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Cheri P
, October 31, 2014
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I finally dove into Altered Carbon after receiving a baker's dozen recommendations. I enjoyed it well enough, but it didn't prove to be the knock-my-socks-off experience I thought it may be.
I liked settling into the book. I liked figuring out the world, sleeves, stacks, needlecasts, dipping, viruses, meths, real death... pretty interesting stuff.
I disliked the body count in this book, though. This is one of the more violence-ridden novels I've read in a very long time, and I admit that it put me off. I disliked the torture in this book. I disliked how graphically Morgan detailed the torture, especially when it was done to Kovacs's temporary female sleeve.
That really bugged me.
There are some solid female characters here, that's a plus, though they all seem to use sex as a weapon or tool (with, perhaps, the exception of Trepp... she may be my favorite character in this book). At it's core, this book is about sex, violence, and moral depravity.
Maybe I'll read the next one. If Trepp is in it, I probably will.
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