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Why is Neuromancer so hard to get in to? (feddit.org)

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

Oh I agree. It's not an easy read at all. Took me for sure three times longer to finish Neuromancer than a another similarly long sci-fi book.
Language without explanation and a plot that you view from a frog perspective is really confusing.

I can't say it's a master piece but I enjoyed it for it's uniqueness and would probably read it again ..sometime in a decade or so.

Currently trying to read through Count Zero, but boy is it hard. Mostly because I don't feel for any of the characters.