I just had to get this off my chest and have no one in real life to talk to you about it. Lol. I enjoyed the first book but I could definitely tell it was a translation, nonetheless I was eager to finish the series. I’m up to page 200 in The Dark Forest and I’m hoping it gets better, but what I really wanted to rant about was the little side story with Luo Ji and his imaginary book girlfriend. This has to be something lost in translation both literally and culturally… It is just so ridiculous and annoying. Also, the wall breakers sharing their plans with everyone completely contradicts everything from that first meeting. I really hope this book gets better. OK, rant over. Thanks for listening.
The girlfriend thing was super weird at the time. You could say he goes a bit off the rails when re realizes no one is going to let him off the hook of being a Wallfacer and so just decides to check out of the game on his own terms. Bear in mind the ONLY reason he was chosen was because the >!UN discovered he was the only human the trisolarans were afraid of.!< Other than that, he’s just “some guy” picked seemingly at random and his reaction might not be as far-fetched (if still super cringe) as you might expect.