Snow Crash - a short book report

[IronWing]

Strong Opening

Fair to middling plot development with only minor annoying technical inaccuracies (the author covers these in the afterword by saying he basically doesn't give a crap that his technical details were wrong in a tech-thriller)

The inevitable terribly written sex scene that Neal Stephenson is famous for. He lists a bunch of folks he consulted with concerning various topics in the book. Apparently, it didn't occur to the author to consult with an actual woman before writing a sex scene from a woman's point of view.

Incredibly boring plot rehash like the author figured the reader forget half the book so he synopsizes it for us.

Oh, that looks like a lot pages back there, guess I'll end the book now.

Spoiler

Bang bang, hack hack, stab stab, boom, boom

. The end.

 

[drebo]

My only complaint with the book was with how off the end was. The entire book leading up to the end was pretty good, but the ending sucked, imo.

 

[frostedflakes]

The whole main plot/linguistic virus thing was kind of stupid IMO. Was still a really fun book to read, though, enjoyed the characters, the world Stephenson created, and the humor. Just my $0.02.