I don’t “dislike” the Snoke sound effect per se, Jar Jar; I just preferred the one used for Rey’s lightning. It sounds more impressive to me - more powerful, almost crunchy; and also the slight break between the initial zap and the ship exploding lines up perfectly with the cut between shots, and then Finn crashing through the wave. That, and I like the idea of “Rey’s lightning” sounding different than “Snoke’s lightning,” but that’s just a minor quirk.
Truthfully, in my head I was picturing kind of a quick stream of lightning? The stream hits Finn and tosses him back. I could also see a quick burst working like Eddie said. I’m not so certain about lightning crackling around her hand when she pushes him back - either that would look really foreboding, or it would look kind of like, “Whee! Magic sparkle fingers!”
@Nev, I think the reasoning for removing lightning from his hands was because lightning doesn’t really do anything when he’s lifting some star destroyers off the ground. But that decision was made before I joined the project, so I can’t be sure.