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jaytongue 's review for:
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So the reason why I wanted to read this book is because recently, there have been several incidents where someone has mentioned something about the tech oligarchy and mentioned that the CEO or whomever was trying to make a world just like Snow Crash. I read the book expecting that the book's particular brand of tech dystopia was especially cool or compelling.
But no, there's actually basically zero lionization of the fact that countries are basically privately owned corporations. Really makes you wonder who reads books like this and thinks that yeah, that's the world they want to work towards.
On its own merits, the book is good. Not great, but good. I like the mythological themes and how it takes a novel view on human society and psychology. However, Stephenson's action writing and character development leave quite a bit to be desired.
It's also worth mentioning that in the last fifth or so of the book, for some reason, the book gets decidedly rapey. Like there are scenes of ship offering its crew to the nonconsensual sodomy of pirates, then a pretty vivid sex scene involving a 15 year old.
But no, there's actually basically zero lionization of the fact that countries are basically privately owned corporations. Really makes you wonder who reads books like this and thinks that yeah, that's the world they want to work towards.
On its own merits, the book is good. Not great, but good. I like the mythological themes and how it takes a novel view on human society and psychology. However, Stephenson's action writing and character development leave quite a bit to be desired.
It's also worth mentioning that in the last fifth or so of the book, for some reason, the book gets decidedly rapey. Like there are scenes of ship offering its crew to the nonconsensual sodomy of pirates, then a pretty vivid sex scene involving a 15 year old.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Violence