What is the author's style in The Diamond Age, or, Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson?

The Diamond Age uses the third person throughout the novel, with each chapter alternating in putting the focus on a single character. This continual change of focus gives the novel a unique multi-faceted point of view. The author develops the storyline over a relatively linear timeline, as the chapters overlap each other in constructing the events over a linear timeline.

As the novel progress, the vocabulary becomes richer and the syntax more elegant; by the end of the novel, the reader will have learned quite a few words and will have a better grasp of the English language. In a way, mirroring the purpose of the fictional Illustrated Primer it describes, The Diamond Age has an educational purpose and leaves its readers more sophisticated and with a better intelligence of the technological world that surrounds him or her.