Storyline: 3/5 
 Characters: 5/5 
 Writing Style: 3/5 
 World: 4/5 
 A book with two intertwining storylines: that of the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer and that of the Diamond Age. I thought the Primer (the social) storyline wonderful. The Diamond Age (the cyberpunk) portion nearly prompted me abandon the work altogether. It was, in the end, worth suffering through the latter so as to savor the former.