Reviews

Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu

evescanlon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book so much.

titusjaka's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

amyapple's review against another edition

3.0

Some parts very soooooooooo painfully dry but the rest was good.

The end was well put together and I thoroughly enjoyed the theory on ball lightning. If it wasn’t for how it wrapped up, the story would have really sat at 2.5/5 imo.

tristan_alan's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

moonunforgiven's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ekranefuss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

cloud_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Mental illness and Abandonment

shnapsi's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

freeleo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

giordanom's review against another edition

2.0

I loved "The Three-Body Problem," but "Ball Lightning" didn’t quite hit the mark for me. The characters and their development were lacking, and I wouldn’t consider it a true prequel. If you change one secondary character's name and adjust a paragraph, there’s no real connection to "The Three-Body Problem." Additionally, keep in mind that the book contains a lot of military content, which might not be to everyone’s taste. Don’t fall into the trap of expecting a direct link between the two.