Reviews

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

wetomb's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

wtc210's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

kaisa_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.5

I enjoyed the book a lot, and the characters were very well written. It can be a bit of a slog at times but I didn't mind that too much, especially with how well written the action segments were. This book is a cool relic of its time as it greatly described an online virtual reality world despite it being written before the internet was commonplace.

It really did NOT need that underage sex scene though. I felt disgusted reading that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Rape

wtv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

soggystar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

3.75

A lot of world building that is enjoyable. Most of the story takes place in the last 100 pages and doesn’t have a satisfying ending. Nothing really resolves in a clear understandable way. 

iotunn_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

marten_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

epl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

cecile87's review against another edition

5.0

One of my all time favorites. I read it when it came out and, though it took me on a rollercoaster ride where I didn't always follow it, I hung on and enjoyed the intelligence, the terrain created and the equality of the genders. Very important.

I've finished two of his books: This one and Cryptonomicon. Had to put Diamond Age down for some reason, can't recall now.

Would read it again!

megawhoppingcosmicbookwyrm's review against another edition

challenging funny medium-paced

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

3.0

This was…interesting, to a point. Probably my favorite parts were the interesting twist on linguistics and Sumerian history/mythology. I’m a sucker for anything pertaining to ancient Mesopotamia. Probably the only reason I finished. The characters aren’t likable, they’re a Mary Sue and Gary Stu. 🙄 I really thought Stephenson was going to do more. The ending was so lackluster and felt very slapped together. Really hoped for more oomph…