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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
In which the mafia delivers pizza and church is franchised.
This world was so imaginative and cool I could feel myself smiling reading whenever the tangents or descriptions popped up.
I weirdly struggled through the back quarter making it an overall 3.5 for me but I equally blame weddings and Stampede for making me read at a pace of 1 page per hour
This world was so imaginative and cool I could feel myself smiling reading whenever the tangents or descriptions popped up.
I weirdly struggled through the back quarter making it an overall 3.5 for me but I equally blame weddings and Stampede for making me read at a pace of 1 page per hour
The really interesting thing about Snow Crash is that it’s not very good
I’ve got like somewhere between 50-100 pages left and I just can’t get myself to finish it lol, a bunch of cool shit happened at different points in the book tho fr. I donno lol
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Fast paced writing style, easy to read. Lots of action, but often a bit stupid and illogical and superficial. Cardboard characters, adolescent fantasies. Why is there a plot line involving a graphic sex scene with a 15 year old girl. The background story about the Aleutian Islands was interesting, but the whole Babylon backstory seemed utterly nonsense. The ending was initially funny but the last part was a let down. 2½ stars
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
This is the most fast-paced, action-packed book that I can remember reading in recent years, it lowkey might have sent me into a slump. Set in a cyberpunk America where pizza delivery guy is one of the most important jobs you could have, it's written in such a vibrant style? I could just see everything that's going on. I think a Spiderverse-style animated adaptation of this would bang.
Religion, Babel, linguistics, and language are some of the things explored in the novel. Incidentally Palestine, I*rael, and Noam Chomsky feature too, but not in the way you might expect given the current political climate.
It's silly and lighthearted in tone, though there was severe info-dumping towards the end. As a gen-z reader (I hate that term, I hate it.. let's say as a reader born in the 21st century), I thought it was cute when Stephenson was explaining the Metaverse, like he was talking about avatars etc in a way so his 90s readers could understand. Then I did a wiki surf, it turns out this book is actually what popularised the word "avatar" in the context of virtual worlds. Haha.
I like the main characters, Hiro and Y.T., their dynamic was entertaining: guy in his 30s and a 15 y.o. teenager. BUT, and it's a big but, there's a sex scene involving Y.T. (and not Hiro, but another guy that would've been much older than her) which was just weird and totally unnecessary.
I think it's a fair rating. Took me 6 weeks this, outrageous!
Religion, Babel, linguistics, and language are some of the things explored in the novel. Incidentally Palestine, I*rael, and Noam Chomsky feature too, but not in the way you might expect given the current political climate.
It's silly and lighthearted in tone, though there was severe info-dumping towards the end. As a gen-z reader (I hate that term, I hate it.. let's say as a reader born in the 21st century), I thought it was cute when Stephenson was explaining the Metaverse, like he was talking about avatars etc in a way so his 90s readers could understand. Then I did a wiki surf, it turns out this book is actually what popularised the word "avatar" in the context of virtual worlds. Haha.
I like the main characters, Hiro and Y.T., their dynamic was entertaining: guy in his 30s and a 15 y.o. teenager. BUT, and it's a big but, there's a sex scene involving Y.T. (and not Hiro, but another guy that would've been much older than her) which was just weird and totally unnecessary.
I think it's a fair rating. Took me 6 weeks this, outrageous!
Super weird. Pretty different that any book I've read in recent memory, even Neuromancer and Ready Player One which had similar themes. Some backstory on how the US fell apart somewhere between Vietnam and the early 90's would have helped my suspension of disbelief, but overall I really liked it. It's something I think I'd need to read again to get all the things I didn't understand or missed the first time and get a better grip on the whole picture. Awesome characters, Y.T. and Hiro were both lots of fun.