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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

16 reviews

michireading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexism, Blood, and Sexual harassment

augie_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

laudelui's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Promete mucho el argumento, o igual tenía unas expectativas equivocadas. Pero me dio la sensación  que algunas partes no enlazan bien o que faltaban trozos por explicar. Sobre explica algunas partes de la historia que luego no vienen al caso y otras dices pues se ha flipado. 

Si te gusta una historia con contenido de mitología y/o religiones antiguas con trazas de ciberpunk, persecuciones locas e invento con energía nuclear, es para ti .

La parte del final remonta y me recordó a una película de Hollywood de los años noventa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Violence

Minor: Racism

bellbirdie's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

fahyhallowell's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

I just reread this book after decades, and enjoyed again the hyper cool dystopian world building. But. As a parent of young adults I found elements of the character of Y.T. a major downer.  Like did the author ever meet a 15 year old? The character is preternaturaly expert at everything she does, including sex with a monstrous man at least twice her age.  Basically a  spophmoric male fantasy trope. I'm glad so many current sci fi writers are moving past that stuff now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Kidnapping

janalg's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcohol, and Classism

wdrwc0's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I love this book when it comes to world- and character-building. It is a really good representation of what cyberpunk is, how people view the future based on real science we have. It shows a dystopic, future world we could live in.
It also has many funny moments. Sometimes they are just stupid, but also can be so absurd, that a reader don't know what to think anymore.

There is only one flaw for me in this book, that made me give it 4 stars instead of 5 (and I'm considering to degrade it more). The scene between Y.T. and Raven at the end of the book left me speechless, not in a good way. Neal clearly shows in the book flaws of the society like racism, classism and sexism, but when it comes to a sex scene between a 15 year old girl and an adult guy, I didn't notice any clear disagreement from the author. I don't know, what to think about this part of the book, I have mixed feelings and still can't decide on my point. 
Another thing is that the ending was a huge disappointment for me. I expected more explanation of things that were happening, how it really ended for characters, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

flexagoon's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.5

Great book. I'd absolutely recommend Snow Crash to anyone who is interested in cyberpunk, as this book is basically THE original cyberpunk book.

As others said, the ending is a bit lackluster and Deus Ex Machina, but it still didn't leave me disappointed after finishing the book.

The plot itself is confusing at times, but generally really interesting. People who like fast-paced action stories will probably love it. The book also has good worldbuilding.

I didn't really get the "metavirus" stuff but it was still interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Blood, and War

erikwmj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, and War

strawberrypinch's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail