853 reviews for:

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

Neal Stephenson

4.03 AVERAGE

jollyhammer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

johnlambrechts's review against another edition

4.0

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snow crash is better

kinosthesia's review against another edition

5.0

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Well written and thought out, Neal Stephenson always manages to tell a really good story, not dumbed down or assuming the reader is lacking anything in the attention span department.
I love that he uses unusual words that make you stop and think and the characters he creates are always very believable. The technology feels like something that already exists, but you don't need to know technology well to understand of enjoy this book :)

osteele98's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture

Moderate: Rape, Violence

astarkmiller's review against another edition

3.0

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Sci-fi generally isn't a field I read too often. Especially pieces containing as much tech jargon as Age of Diamonds. But I found it challenging, and a worthy read. I found it hard to connect with any characters aside from Nell and Miranda. Enjoyable overall, but I'm afraid the grander themes may have gone over my head.

acecool's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amartz's review against another edition

2.0

challenging

jakiii's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

imani_r's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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I was excited to read sci-fi by an author I hadn’t read before, this ended up being part sci-fi , part fantasy, but children’s book, part literary, I was quite disappointed by the end of it all, and rather confused 🫤 

devradevra's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced