Kovacs, part 2
I forgot to mention that sometimes Kovacs actually talks exactly like Paul. They definitely share this no people pleasers vibe and it's really remarkable.
In the previous post I gently suggested the reader may imagine Kristin Ortega looking like Salma Hayek, but if one is about to read the whole trilogy, I'd recommend to save Salma for Virginia from the last part - Woken Furies. And Emilia Clarke - for Sarah.
And when it comes to the bleakness… actually, all the parts of Richard Morgan's trilogy are extremely dark-themed, but at the same time - Altered Carbon offers a satisfying, despite bitter-sweet, ending, while the last chapters of Broken Angels will successfully prevent you from romanticizing the Envoys all together, and Woken Furies - even the Kovacs himself, as two versions of him appear in the novel (there's "our" Kovacs and "junior" Kovacs, whom you'll not necessarily want to like...)
