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bookkee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
4.25
macaroniman's review
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
romfinn's review
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Cool lens to view China’s history through, amazing translation and a scientific idea that Liu Cixin clearly wanted to explore but perhaps just needed characters to act as the host to be able to do it??
thalassemia's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
kaylyn_reads's review
Honestly did not know what was going on and completely lost interest
morpheus19's review
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
saltymage's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
zeev's review
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
salexander7341's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.25
Revives 50s SF, where you want to write about a science idea so you introduce nanofilament-thin characters so they can just talk at length about it,