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.