TL;DR Really fun to read but don't expect too much suspension or a good plot

Well the heading basically says it all but I'm gonna elaborate further what I mean with it: Stephenson builds a magnificent dystopia of all encompassing capitalism and a total absence of real laws. This world and how the characters interact with it are eerily realistic but still so over the top that they stay funny. The plot however comes over far less realistically and feels very constructed. It feels like it is continually fed to you in little pieces of complicated and boring infodumping about ancient religions which was honestly nothing I'd expect from an otherwise futuristic novel. This does not make it boring though. Because of the great worldbuilding the novel still stays fun to read and is a reccomendation for anyone who wants to find out how fucked up it was of Zuck to rename his company after this capitalist shithole called "Metaverse".