I guess the font is supposed to be a digital version of Garfunkel’s own handwriting? But damn, like, what’s the point? It looks horrendous.

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.

I read half of that one and put it down. Didn’t get the hype, I guess. Murakami seems to be an acquired taste. He commits a few too many /r/menwritingwomen moments and other things that I found off-putting or just straight-up boring.

And she wrote it when she was 18-19 years old.