Neuromancer Tone and Style

When reading a book, it could be very easy to get the tone wrong. Everyone has a different perspective and may interpret what they have read differently. While reading Neuromancer, Gibson's use of visual diction, along with overdrawn scaled out descriptions, gives you a muddy, scum-of-the-earth type of feel throughout most of the book. His use of descriptions and detailed characterization throws you into the story. He gives the reader a great sense for the type of world he is building. While Case and Molly walk the streets of Night City, the reader can imagine the smell of industrial waste, shops full of cyborg dealers, and bars with countless neurosurgeons, drinking their lives away. Gibson pushes this tone that the world would refer to as a third world country. It is a society with black market deals, dirty streets, and filthy people to make a reader feel for Case, whose characterization is that of a drug addicted burnout.

Gibson, W. (2019). Neuromancer. New York, NY: Ace Books.