queercharliereads 's review for:

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
2.0

I'm obviously not geeky enough to love this book. The math and the long descriptions of what computers and computer programs can do gave me a headache and it seemed to me like all those things took precedence over the plot and the story itself. And while it was a fine story, I just couldn't enjoy it because of those long technical and mathematical lectures. So, 2½ stars, but only because the characters were engaging and I had to see where they all ended up.