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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

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gwyndae's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

misseh's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.75

algorithminflux's review against another edition

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4.0

The book took place at nighttime in my mind as I read, until the end, when it was actually written that it was daytime.

Pretty cool ideas, very descriptive. A lot of the descriptions were lost on me as at some points all I really wanted to read was action and moving the story forward, and less describing. Alas, it was probably needed.

yaakovakiva's review

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3.0

I really wanted to give this book four stars, but I just couldn't do it. This is the first book I've listened to as an audiobook and I really enjoyed it as an audiobook, but I'm not sure I would enjoy it through a more traditional reading process. The narrator really made the book for me overall.

The book seemed pretty thoroughly unresolved at the end for me, and I didn't liked the narrator's depiction of YT (there are certain adult scenes that were somewhat disturbing given how young and childish YT was made to sound by the narrator). The relationship with Hiro and Juanita was underdeveloped and strange as well.

Overall, this seemed like an amazing concept that *almost* succeeded for me. It was fun to listen to, but ultimately left me wanting a little more. There were parts that I absolutely loved, but there weren't quite enough of those parts to give this four stars.