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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
Eh.... This book started off really exciting and I was really into it and really enjoying the characters. I love the concept and I love the world that the author constructed.
However, I feel like the pacing of this novel was pretty far out of whack. It starts fairly slow and with a large amount of detail, but as the "big spoilers" started taking place, it felt like it was happening too fast and the characters were able to draw conclusions from what the readers had been presented with that the reader would have been hard pressed to draw on their own. Not to say a lot of books don't do this, but usually things seem to all make sense in retrospect. That's not really what happened here.
Some of the endings for the characters were unsatisfying. What happened to Y.T.'s mom, for instance? The Feds just let her go? How about Raven? Are we to expect that he never follows up with Y.T.? I don't think he died or we'd have heard about the nuclear explosion. And Hiro and Juanita? That was too easy.
This certainly had the makings of a good story, but the ending felt rushed and the wrap-up was unsatisfying. Would certainly not mind checking out more from the author. The book kept me engaged and entertained. Just left me a little wanting.
However, I feel like the pacing of this novel was pretty far out of whack. It starts fairly slow and with a large amount of detail, but as the "big spoilers" started taking place, it felt like it was happening too fast and the characters were able to draw conclusions from what the readers had been presented with that the reader would have been hard pressed to draw on their own. Not to say a lot of books don't do this, but usually things seem to all make sense in retrospect. That's not really what happened here.
Some of the endings for the characters were unsatisfying. What happened to Y.T.'s mom, for instance? The Feds just let her go? How about Raven? Are we to expect that he never follows up with Y.T.? I don't think he died or we'd have heard about the nuclear explosion. And Hiro and Juanita? That was too easy.
This certainly had the makings of a good story, but the ending felt rushed and the wrap-up was unsatisfying. Would certainly not mind checking out more from the author. The book kept me engaged and entertained. Just left me a little wanting.