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katrinafriedwalt 's review for:
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
I really really wanted to like this book. It seemed to have all of the elements of something that I'd very much enjoy, so I was pretty disappointed when I realized (very early on) that this book sucks. It's written in present tense which is just weird and doesn't really lend itself to inner monologue and character reflection (which in my opinion is one of the best ways to portray robust characters that are actually likable), the dialog was so cringey that it sounded like it was written by a 14 year old boy, and nothing about the story, or the world, really made any sense. It's like the author just came up with a long list of things he thought sounded really cool, and smashed them all together with no concern as to whether or not there was any logic or cohesion to it. I thought about giving up on it many, many times, but I didn't, so for that I guess it gets 2 dumb stars.