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A review by moki
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
3.0
A sometimes interesting, sometimes difficult read. The narrative voice was fantastic, and it was so fascinating to see a near-perfect mirror image of current technology written ~35 years ago. I also find it especially interesting that while Stephenson kind of quietly lambasts the metaverse in the novel, he was a cypto/NFT/blockchain investor back in 2021. Very ironic.
The difficult parts were the pacing and the HUGE infodumps on Sumerian alternate history, which were not done in an interesting or engaging or even relevant way. I just mashed the side of my phone to skip those pages and resumed reading once, like, plot happened. This took much longer than it should have. I do wish Y.T. had been aged up a little--not because of the sex stuff (I legitimately don't care; she's not real)--but because her behaviour felt a little old for her age.
Glad I've read it, but I won't be reading it again.
The difficult parts were the pacing and the HUGE infodumps on Sumerian alternate history, which were not done in an interesting or engaging or even relevant way. I just mashed the side of my phone to skip those pages and resumed reading once, like, plot happened. This took much longer than it should have. I do wish Y.T. had been aged up a little--not because of the sex stuff (I legitimately don't care; she's not real)--but because her behaviour felt a little old for her age.
Glad I've read it, but I won't be reading it again.