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.
Life is too short to be bored by your book - DNF and stick it on the shelf for another try down the road, no shame in that!
When I first picked up PHM, it didn’t really grab me and I couldn’t get past the main characters “Gee Golly!” talk. I picked it back up after a year or so and I’m so glad I did! I was in a better mindset, left my judgements behind and it was great - it started to make sense why he’d be the type of person who would talk that way.
Sometimes you’re just not in the right mindset, sometimes you are and sometimes the book actually is just really freaking boring lol