Reviews tagging 'War'

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

59 reviews

bottlecaps's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

beccaand's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicide

carlybird's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

This was a hard one! Great concept, though heady and full of jargon. The style of writing is, as the translator notes, much different than Western structured novels, so it was fun to get into an entirely new rhythm. The characters seemed a bit flat, but it was clear this wasn't about the people, but about the emergency that was taking shape around them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

patbat's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism

sburchart's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

leziga13's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This is very science fiction but heavy on the science and theory. I've never read any sci-fi story so focused on the scientific theories pushing the plot forward. It's not light reading in that regards, but still an entertaining story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Suicide is a major plot point, but it doesn't linger on the ideation

ceemonkee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicide, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

lonelylooper's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Genocide

maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I was surprised how much I liked this and how easy it was to read considering the material of the book and how heavily it relies on scientific principles. I would definitely recommend anyone who doesn’t know Chinese modern history very well read up or watch some videos on the Red Guard before reading this because it kind of just jumps into the cultural revolution without a ton of context (fair enough - people should know the basics) but after that it is very easy to follow I found. I really like the interweaving of the story and how it’s written (like the flow and storyline of jumping to Red Coast on and off) and the translation and translators notes are amazing!

I do really like that it kind of hints that its aliens throughout but in a very subtle way. The one part that kind of lost me was the very end, I didn’t really understand the particles the Trisolarians sent to earth

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry and War

Religious bigotry and war I used as reference to the cultural revolution and the themes/ideas surrounding it