A review by dasonic
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

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

3.0

A great beginning, a boring and hard to read middle, an exciting buildup and a fumbled ending.

I loved the start of this book, I couldn't put it down, then there is suddenly chapters of just a character dumping information on Hiro and we go from a cyberpunk story to
two characters talking about an ancient religion and viruses.
I struggled through this section, hoping it would get back to it. And it does, eventually, and I started to enjoy it again, although not as much as before. And just when I thought the book was getting good again, it ends. I stared at the last page and went "oh. I guess that's an ending". It was very underwhelming and felt like a lot of build up with no payoff.

I also found the sexualisation of YT (a 15 year old girl) uncomfortable, feeling out of place and taking away from what otherwise was a great character.

Do I regret reading the book? No. Would I read it again? I doubt it. Would I recommend you read it? Not really, but I wouldn't actively try and convince you not to.

For me, this book is the epitome of "just okay"
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