Reviews

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

sebatinsky's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

raetracer's review against another edition

5.0

My second time reading this book - still amazing! One of my favorite Stephensons.

prond's review against another edition

4.0

Нанотехнологии и темные века будущего. Высокотехнологический букварь для принцессы случайно попадает в руки девочки из трущоб, начиная процесс ее обучения.

julykus's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

sdkkds's review against another edition

4.0

Unsurprisingly, very intricate and intriguing book. Stephenson's sentences and paragraphs are meticulously crafted, with newly created words mingling with normal vocabulary and technical jargon seamlessly.

The possibilities extrapolated with the advent of nanotechnology is fascinating and described well enough to be so close to believable, and this excites me for the future and the technological advances that should come with it.

Overall really enjoyed the book, though not particularly satisfied with how the story was broken up. I am looking forward to re-reading Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash after picking this one up.

sillypunk's review against another edition

2.0

This was a nanotechnological puddle of WTF: http://blogendorff.ghost.io/book-review-the-diamond-age/

chtapodi's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sidneyua's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Дуже багато напхано ідей, як і завжди у Стівенсона, але цього разу з набагато слабшим сюжетом, який просто не витягує такий вантаж. Також книжка надзвичайно фрагментарна, і багато персонажів зникли, щоб потім більше ніколи не зʼявитися. А фінальна розвʼязка взагалі прийшла ніби із зовсім іншої книжки. Ну і не впевнений, що я думаю про Барабанщиків, які, з одного боку, таки отримують логічне пояснення, а з іншого, все одно віддають «еджлордством».

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

iantrich's review against another edition

3.0

I was expecting great things from this book as the first of the series, Snow Crash, is one of my favorite books. However the book was slow building and didn't really have a payoff until the last three chapters. I was hoping for something closer to what I remember from the first of the series and did not get it.

bookmaekel's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

1.5