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 concept of the three body problem was interesting but I didn’t understand anything when the main character started using that virtual reality/videogame, it was all confusing, complicated and boring.
That’s funny, because I would assume that’s the part most people consider to be the main redeeming factor of the novel. Isn’t that where the whole “Three Body” concept is actually laid out? That’s how the main character figured out about the whole predicament faced by the Trisolarians, and it’s where the author showed off his knowledge of science, math, and history.
The entire novel was hit-or-miss for me, including the “virtual reality” chapters. But I got a kick out of a few of them.