Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named …
Review of 'Snow Crash (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
- Chapters 1 -4: "This book is about delivering pizza."
* "Hiro and the Librarian" scenes were super data-dump-a-roo. Walls of exposition and explanation really broke the rhythm and pacing of the story.
* I just played a couple games of Shadowrun, the TTRPG, and Snow Crash is shadowrun AF. Minus any magic or fantasy aspects. But literal deckers and riggers running around wreaking havoc.. This was--to borrow a term from the wine nerds--"varietally correct" cyberpunk.
* The ending: dog ex machina. I kind of liked it though. I thought that Fido was introduced as a silly aside and that he wouldn't show up again later. I was kind of pleased that he did.
* A little disappointed in Hiro overall. He did a little hacking and a little swordplay, but for the most part his greatest skill was research and detective work.
* Super disappointed in Juanita. For being the one who learned to "hack the brainstem", and the one true "Neo" in this book, she was a flat, throw-away character.
* Y.T. was probably the most interesting character in the book. There's probably a lot to unpack regarding her being one of the toughest characters in the book but then ultimately resorting/succumbing to her weaponized sexuality in order to drive the plot forward.