Altered Carbon

[3.5] Really wanted to like this. The Netflix TV show rendition of this book was enjoyable. I actually think the show did a better job of making Kovacs and the cop (forgot her name) likeable. In the book they feel far more extra-judicial and I don't think it felt as warranted as it does in the show, but maybe I missed something.

There's also a lot of references to sex, which I guess has a time and place, but my ever persistent asexuality makes me roll my eyes everytime the author mentions how great someone's breasts are. They're not even well-written sex scenes either: little passion, entirely self-gratifying, ill-motivated, and overall clearly written by a man for other (straight) men.