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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

8 reviews

laudelui's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Promete mucho el argumento, o igual tenía unas expectativas equivocadas. Pero me dio la sensación que algunas partes no enlazan bien o que faltaban trozos por explicar. Sobre explica algunas partes de la historia que luego no vienen al caso y otras dices pues se ha flipado.

Si te gusta una historia con contenido de mitología y/o religiones antiguas con trazas de ciberpunk, persecuciones locas e invento con energía nuclear, es para ti .

La parte del final remonta y me recordó a una película de Hollywood de los años noventa.

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hgbush's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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dianapiskor's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

It's not every day I can say I truly hate a book. I usually try to find the positives within it, as I think every book, no matter my personal feelings, has merit. For this book, I am struggling to find even ONE good thing to say about it. I hated it from the moment I started. And my hatred continued to grow as I read more.

This book is incredibly influential. People, especially those that now make up our technological lives, LOVE this book. It guessed about personal computers and AI and VR. Big whoop.

And I don't get why tech bros love this book so much. It's incredibly problematic. From the racism to the sexualizing of a 15 year old character, who the author, by the way, makes sure to note that when she engages in intercourse with a 40 year old it is "consensual" and he makes her "uncomfortably horny" this book is just a HARD PASS. I also hated his writing style, the necessary information he includes, the terrible ending, the way the author wrote any and all female characters,

Do yourself a favor, don't read this book. It's not worth it. It has little to no value, I feel, beyond the ideas it presented in 1992. Don't waste your money. Go read something better instead. If I could give it 0 stars here, I absolutely would.

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semisweetchip's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

The .25 I have to give this book is SOLELY for the Rat Thing, Fido. That's it. The rest of this was the absolute worst. This is supposed to be "classic" Sci fi but I just found it to be so blatantly sexist, homophobic, and racist, and for the life of me I can't figure out why people aren't commenting on it. Most of the commentary revolves around the action scenes, and most of the negative reviews are around the way historical things are presented (which to be fair, was bad. But it wasn't offensive). I read somewhere that it's meant to be satire, but satire of what? And WHY? what point are we trying to make here? And if we are trying to make some point, it seems it's been lost on its audience.

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wdrwc0's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I love this book when it comes to world- and character-building. It is a really good representation of what cyberpunk is, how people view the future based on real science we have. It shows a dystopic, future world we could live in.
It also has many funny moments. Sometimes they are just stupid, but also can be so absurd, that a reader don't know what to think anymore.

There is only one flaw for me in this book, that made me give it 4 stars instead of 5 (and I'm considering to degrade it more). The scene between Y.T. and Raven at the end of the book left me speechless, not in a good way. Neal clearly shows in the book flaws of the society like racism, classism and sexism, but when it comes to a sex scene between a 15 year old girl and an adult guy, I didn't notice any clear disagreement from the author. I don't know, what to think about this part of the book, I have mixed feelings and still can't decide on my point.
Another thing is that the ending was a huge disappointment for me. I expected more explanation of things that were happening, how it really ended for characters, etc.

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scorbus's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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plaguehaver's review against another edition

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so far this is the worst piece of fiction I have ever laid my eyes upon. this book has slurs for every letter in the alphabet. the plot was all over the place. the absolutely unwarranted detailed description of a sex scene? with a 15 year old character with an adult? what the hell??? 0/5 never again

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lucieslibrary's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.25

absolutely hated it, no one should read this book ever

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