256 reviews for:

Polostan

Neal Stephenson

3.67 AVERAGE

stroganogg's review

3.5

adventurous hopeful lighthearted tense fast-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

farrspace's review

4.5

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

crt0's review

4.0

adventurous informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lemkin1's review

3.0

adventurous funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

deliverator's review

3.0

medium-paced

bombadiljano's review

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

samuelbchase's review

3.5

adventurous dark sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma

upasanas's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense medium-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

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I enjoyed this book!
Sparked an interest in history that is more local. Stephenson does a great job telling a story that handles plot lines at different scopes quite well.

I thought the ending was soap-operatic

The section about the Bonus army got me an answer in a quiz!

mpissy's review

4.25

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

geohawk's review

4.0

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture

Moderate: Miscarriage