Like 3 years ago, it is conceptually a good book, fascinating actually but the writing style is so robotic and don’t get me wrong, but for me at least, it was at first a little disorienting to follow Chinese names.
I had to push through to finish it.
A month and a half ago I started reading again, something light, Murderbot diaries, follow it with Project Hail Mary, then All Tomorrows. The first one very short, fast paced, PHM not that short but very entertaining, it kept me glued to the page, the All Tomorrows, not my cup of tea but short and somewhat bizarre.
People kept telling me The Dark Forest was better than TBP, with my reading slump over, I decided to give it a try.
With the 3 first books I read every second I had free, I finished them in two weeks, started TDF almost a 3 weeks ago and I’m starting to feel like I felt with The Three Body Problem made feel before, a little bored and like I have to push through.
I don’t like books that I don’t feel compelled to read and feel more like a chore. Anyways, rant over.
The Three Body problem was a poorly written book with cool concepts. You can blame translation, eastern writing style, etc. But the character motivation was nonsensical. The novel is bad.
Don’t forget the female characters on par with a $5 paperback crime thriller/romantic comedy.
Thank you, this is exactly how I felt. The translation makes the dialogue a total snooze fest but even if that wasn’t the case every character is either
I read it around two years ago. To me, the worst problem was that the characters seemed to have zero importance, the protagonist was almost nonexistent as a character, and the one I found more interesting and charismatic (Da Shi, the policeman) didn’t amount to much in the end. I’ve read even the novel’s most ardent defenders here in Reddit agree to that.
This is why I’m excited for the show - I think the concept is interesting and if the show writers can work their Hollywood magic then this could be great.
The whole series feels like a powerpoint presentation, not a novel.