A review by atticus13
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

4.0

The Diamond Age is a book that is written in several different styles about several different ideas. It feels long, expansive, meandering and thoughtful. This creates an exhausting read due to sections that could have been easily cut from the overall product. However if you accept the book as an interesting walk through an enormous garden with no distinct theme, you might find yourself enjoying the book for the experience in and of itself.

Themes in the book I noticed:
- What is subversion, and how do you learn to be subversive
- Intelligence vs education
- Working through trauma
- Trauma is an invaluable--yet tragic--source of education
- Society in a world where countries are no longer necessary (social ties can be freely formed and broken at will)