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Book Review of Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, Bk 1)

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, Bk 1)
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An engaging mystery set in the far future where you never know who is in the body you are talking to and you might not even know what body you will end up in. This book was a fast read that was mostly enjoyable. There are a few moments in which characters share meaningful looks, nods of agreement, or statements of agreement where I felt like I had missed something in the dialogue but overall the confusion gets hammered out or explained before the book is over.

Be warned that there is violence bordering on sadism perpetuated by the protagonist and a couple of graphic sex scenes.