A review by pipn_t
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

dark slow-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

2.0

I disliked this book a lot.  There was unnecessary gore.  There was not much characterization, so the reveal of one antagonist had no meaning.  There was only one woman who was a main character, the rest were side characters with no personality.  It was militantly pessimistic about human nature and society to the point where I wondered why I should root for the main characters at all.  The plot made little sense, and the book ended suddenly, like it just got cut off mid book rather than any plot points wrapping up.  I don’t know about astrophysics, but considering some basic details regarding glasses and eye health were not right, it made me a little bit question whether some of the more science things were right or not also.  
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