Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

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Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

4.12 AVERAGE

jmpz's review against another edition

1.0
It felt like reading a thick uninteresting syrup.
It felt like hating to read.

mahkryte's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging informative mysterious slow-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

sasano's review against another edition

3.0
challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kellyrolls's review against another edition

4.0
Although this book is classified as science fiction it felt more like historical fiction with some science fiction added here and there. The story jumps between two time periods, the WWII time period and the present day. I found it hard to follow at times because the plot went off on wacky/funny tangents and then jumped to another character or time. Overall it was an interesting read with lots nerdy descriptions of computers, encoding etc.

owenmoran's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ksathompson's review against another edition

Very dry dull and too slow paced for a fiction novel

kazastankas's review against another edition

3.0
Man did it drag on at times. On enough occasions I didn't actually feel inclined to pick it up because I knew I was in for a lot of verbosity and jargon for relatively little actual content. Still, the story is quite interesting
Spoiler, even if it had to be pulled together by someone who's effectively immortal
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skwiecien's review against another edition

4.5
dark informative mysterious slow-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: Complicated

vizinie's review against another edition

4.0
Ce projet de lecture de vacances était fort divertissant et exceptionnellement nerd. Juste du plaisir. Il manquait seulement quelqu'un pour m'applaudir ce matin en me disant "that was a really big book".

eganko's review against another edition

3.0
This book really needed a good ending, but instead, it just sort of fizzled out. Disappointing.