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Richard K. Morgan: Altered Carbon (2006, Del Rey) 4 stars

It's the twenty-fifth century, and advances in technology have redefined life itself. A person's consciousness …

Review of 'Altered Carbon' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

"Inside, stained light from a window and a peculiar calm fell on me simultaneously."
The prose is a little muddy at times, so I'm a bit frustrated with how slow a read this is when I have to go over a lot of things twice (I can't use my reader! Woe!). The worldbuilding is great, the story is engaging, the hero is an unbearably smug Mary Sue. Heck, I'd be smug too, if I was some sort of super soldier spy consciousness travelling the universe and solving sexy mysteries. You'd best believe you'd be hearing about what my penis was getting up to while I had a casual conversation with someone. There's a lot of penis-describing. I can see why Netflix picked this up.

Finished book & show. Imagine my dismay when the bits of the show that made no sense weren’t explained or even present in the book. I mean, among other things, Reileen’s whole deal. No spoilers, but y tho, Netflix? I am frustrated by this whole deal.