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Summary: San Francisco tomorrow
Review: Just imagine SF tommorow with some people on the Golden Gate bridge... Just imagine a life where you need to send some "hard goods" with people like Chevy... Internet is here, and the world turns around like always... I enjoy very much this book, hoping to live this story.
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Summary: Gibson... you could do sooo much better...
Review: Don't get me wrong, this is a William Gibson book, and it's great for that reason. His writing style is beyond reproach, and the future that he writes about is so bullet proof its as he's actually been there. But the problem with this book is that he uses the tired method of the storylines about individual characters that in the climatic scene all fall together and into place... It works, yes, but how many books with that exact same story path can we stand from one man? But like I said, it's a great book because William Gibson writes great books. But if this trend continues he will NEVER get up to the level he was at with Neuromancer.
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Summary: Waste of Sci-Fi/Cy-Fi potnetial
Review: This book was OK. It was enjoyable and I read it fairly quickly. I didn't enjoy it as much as Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson). The main point of the book Virtual Light (?? don't get me wrong but I assumed this was the main topic) was totaly under developed and wasted. Some of the imagery was nice but I do feel that there was a lot of things that were left out. As said before-charachter development. I never realy felt like I was in anyons head. This seemed like a poor excuse for a novel from someone what would only get publish as he was before.
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Summary: An intense futuristic thriller
Review: This is an excellent story. Gibson is definitely cutting edge in his writing with regards to incorporating technology and creating new terms. Everything that I've read by him has been based far enough in the future to be new, but close enough that the world is still real and not made up of flying cars and alien races. In other words, cyberpunk but try not to get the negative feelings about that word that a lot of people get. Instead this is an intense thriller incorporating virtual reality, designer drugs, new age weaponry, new religions and many other things which quickly pull you into this world rather than your own. It centers around two people: one an ex-cop and ex-rent-a-cop and the bicycle messenger. They quickly find their lives colliding over the theft of a pair of sunglasses. You definitely should read this and other novels by Gibson; I believe that he will continue to be a driving force in cutting edge suspense.
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Summary: My favorite Gibson book. Better than Neuromancer.
Review: This is by far my favorite William Gibson book. As mentioned in other peoples Amazon reviews, the plot was not up to his usual standard. Their views of his style, and "cartoon-like" characters, however, is completely wrong. His style is fabulous, and I found nearly all of the characters very interesting. I believe its the little details that make Gibson's work so interesting. He carefully creates his settings, atmosphere, and characters using unique and powerful prose. I recall someone once refering to it as "really long, epic poetry". Overall good book. Buy it :)
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Summary: if you dont get it,you dont get it, but if you do -Wonderful
Review: I've had people tell me they just cant "get into" W. Gibson's books. I cant even fathom that myself. I have heard complaints about too much needless detail and boring description, poppycock! When I read Virtual Light, as I have with the authors prior works, I feel as if Gibson's world just engulfs me and all those details are stuff of wonder. While I agree that this storyline wasnt the most "cuttingedge" or external-life-blocking as his best. I still get completely enthralled with this familliar yet not so far away future. Another well done universe. Thank you Mr. Gibson!
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Summary: Mystified by good reviews
Review: Well, at least it's easy to read. Everyone and their sister has been telling me this is a must-read, and I'm left wondering why. The writing is weak, the character development nonexistant, the "suspense" not at all suspenseful, the dialogue hokey with *italics* all *over* the *place*, and the plot not terribly engaging. This novel could have been condensed into a 50-page short story, and nothing would have been lost.
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Summary: Not as good as Neuromancer....
Review: Anyone who has read any other of William Gibsons' books will find 'Virtual Light' totally unsatisfying. However, it still manages to grasp you until the 2/3ds of the book and after that it seems like there is a rush to finish the book.
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Summary: A ripoff of Stephenson's Snow Crash
Review: Read this before I read Stephenson's Snow Crash and wish I'd skipped this one - truly enjoyed Snow Crash but found alarming similarities - messengers as heroes - butt kickers as side kicks - big time money folks who are the enemy - if you're looking for this type of book - pick up Snow Crash instead!
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Summary: Gibson seems to have trouble with conclusions
Review: Chevette, the heroine in Virtual Light, is one of Gibson's finest creations, a bicycle messenger who lives on the Golden Gate bridge with a lot of other homeless people. She's a spunky, streetwise kid, sexy and vulnerable, who hasn't yet lost her innocence. Gibson is obviously a little bit in love with her, as any male would be who reads the novel. Rydell, the hero, is a security cop assigned to San Francisco to help recover a pair of what appear to be sunglasses stolen by Chevette from an obnoxious masher who had been entrusted with them. Like all Gibson's heros, Rydell is both tough and sensitive, a kind of street samurai of the future. Despite the charm of the leading characters, the central gimmick-dark glasses that show the wearer where new developments will be built in San Francisco-seems rather mundane in comparison with the cornucopia of technological wonders he created in earlier novels. Plus, the plot is the old one where villains, trying to learn where the city will build next, will kill anyone or do anything to get inside information because it means a lot of money. The novel is a bit of a disappointment, though not a total loss. Gibson seems to have trouble with conclusions. The one to this novel involves an air strike by characters difficult to tell who they are, what they are doing, or why they are doing it. Yet, it's no worse than other popular thrillers, and it contains a fine cast of fascinating characters.
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