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Oh, She's Bookish: Cyberpunk 2077 NO_COINCIDENCE
Cyberpunk 2077 NO_COINCIDENCE, Book Cover Image
This may be the worst book I have ever read.
Sure, there are likely books poorly written that I dropped, but I read all 400+ pages of this trash fire. I surmise there are two reasons why I stuck it out and turned this into a proper hate read. First, I love Cyberpunk, as a genre and the world of Mike Pond. The anime genuinely affected me and Neuromancer was one of the first sci-fi novels I read. I can’t describe how painful it is to see a genre you love - which, let’s be honest, is so rarely done justice as a genre - be so thoroughly trashed. And trashed in earnest! Second, I can’t believe this novel has gone through five printings. It is such a failure of not only the writer, but more so (imo) the publisher and editing team. I would be embarrassed as a publisher to release this to market. The lack of craft, the haphazard writing style, and borderline knock-off plot should be seen as a liability to the publisher’s brand. In an age where becoming a writer has never been more difficult, it deeply pisses me off to see such a poorly written novel reach the shelves when novice writers with passion for this world could easily have superseded what I purchased at full price. I understand that we must use superlatives on the backs of our novels because everyone is doing it, and subsequently is a NYT best-selling author, but how hard they hype up Kosik feels like a rogue marketing department. How painfully poor this text is makes the whole back-flap feel like satire. Truly, the greatest irony of this text is that it acts as an analogue to a shitty capitalistic system that will sell you crap in a nice coat of pain - this is truly the only Cyberpunk think about this novel.
…Boggy's Jams: The April '26 Playlist
Movie Review: Perfect Blue
I walked into the movie theater like an unsuspecting fool. I had heard of Satoshi Kon, as any big anime fan has, and I was hyped to finally see one of his films. I, alas, had been completely misdirected as to Japanese anime auture by Miyazaki because what I would witness in Perfect Blue was Fight Club meets Shutter Island.
…Media Noms: Week 17 2026
April 20th - April 26th 2026
Darnassis, WoW Classic
Media Noms: Week 16 2026
April 13th - April 19th 2026
Sol Cesto, 2026