Reviews

Il problema dei tre corpi by Cixin Liu

meghang500's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lena_mx's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

blastoise's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

jade_u_nobs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jennkei's review against another edition

2.0

DNF the first time, tried again after watching the TV show and finished it this time. Interesting concepts but not sure about execution. Some parts were definitely a slog.

_rg's review against another edition

4.0

It was the perfect sci-fi book till I read 70% of it. Then it became science fantasy. To some extent.

But it is extremely well-written. The author is fantastic.

serizawa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hard sci-fi that, for me, was pretty easy to follow. i thought the plot and embedded themes were fascinating. i also enjoyed the prose & even some of the characters (like Da Shi, hilarious guy to me)

the scene towards the end in the field with the locust felt incredibly emotional to me for some reason. humanity may be bugs, but bugs always escape elimination

i enjoyed it!

however, the entirety of the book was clearly a lead up to the next. no climactic events whatsoever, though personally i didn’t mind (though i can see how this was annoying to others)

mixedgirlreading's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

4.0

nadiamg_reads's review against another edition

I can’t do it. 

I don’t understand it. 
The characters are flat and forgettable (not to mention the sheer number of them)
I made it 120 pages in and have no idea what’s going on. 

I’m so disappointed because the reviews are phenomenal. I think it’ll be better on TV. 🤞🏼

pitaku's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0