7.11k reviews for:

The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

4.26 AVERAGE

boo_staccato's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bswitch's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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This was a bit of a slower go, but very captivating at points. There were two plot lines going - one terrestrial, the other in space. I found the former to be fantastic, and the space-based one to be...less than. It honestly caught me at one point questioning "Wait, how did we get here? How do we have people in space again?" That may be a ME problem, though. Confusing, culturally distinct, but man, what a tale. Onto the third!

wildereeder's review against another edition

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Moving and complex.

ggartel's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

siyaz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cakepop_4's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jhoekstra165's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ccmarcy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense 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: No

linkedgiskard's review against another edition

4.25

dark hopeful medium-paced

sarah_abigail's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated