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desireewoodwhite's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Genocide and War
Moderate: Misogyny
danny_lastname's review against another edition
Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, and Colonisation
Moderate: Cannibalism
alquick's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Body horror and Genocide
blau_elmo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The story is expansive, and it brings up many amazing sci-fi concepts almost seamlessly, using grand metaphors and events to illustrate these concepts. Everything feels like one great step after another, and the sheer breadth of it all is breathtaking. It is a book with incomprehensible scale.
The characters and the interactions between them are representative of concepts and clans within civilisations rather than actual individuals, which is befitting for a book of such a scale.
The only thing I can really say is that I am truly in awe at this trilogy. Jaw-dropping.
Moderate: Genocide and War
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I think Liu partially redeemed the lack of developed female characters in the second novel by having the main character and a secondary character be women.
However, I think the author has some odd notions about femininity that are expressed throughout the novel. Obviously it was translated and Eastern and Western cultures have different broad views.
Loved the weird stuff.
Explored some very interesting concepts.
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I enjoyed the friendship between Ai AA and Cheng but wished it were more developed.
Loved that Luo Ji came back and his character development. Feels weird because the novel is pretty long and meanders a lot but then at the end it feels a bit rushed. I was hoping to see more about 4d space, Yun's time with the Trisolarians/ how he got a body, what did he and Ai do for the rest of their lives etc
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
dragonfiddler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, and War
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, and War
Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, and Cannibalism
bigofheartdumbofass's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Genocide
Minor: Cannibalism
malessia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Genocide
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and War
Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
coralswank's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and War
Moderate: Misogyny