Quite simply I rate 'Snow Crash' as possibly the best sci-fi book I have read this decade. The author's style is quirky and offbeat. The author's intent is to entertain. The background is detailed and affects the atmosphere. The focus of story is on action, situations, and events.
Characterization focuses on several characters of different sexes whose lives are intertwined.
There are memorable and important secondary characters. The book is sophisticated, complex, experimental. The ending wraps everything up. Not important . Cyberpunk A beautifully realised vision of what nanotechnology could do to current social structures.