i am freaking enjoying snowcrash so much at the minute. it is so vibrant so colourful so utterly peculiar and over the top but the characters take the world they live in so seriously despite it all. i really admire that sort of worldbuilding. it's a curated sort of absurdity which is fun to read. I also like the way that it is written, it's quite witty and fast-paced, pretty loose and ahead of its time. i find that a lot of 20th century novels have a more unique and less uniform writing style which I enjoy a lot more than the regular sort. i feel like when these authors were learning to write there was probably a lot less of the 'writing rules' that you see around now and it works to their benefit. well anyways im interested to see where the plot goes. hiro and yt are interesting protagonists. ill update again when ive finished it or have more to say ...i started reading it on the 29th of december and its currently the 21st of january. also its over for you guys when i figure out how to put this text on the right of the image