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adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? Yes
4.75
This final installment is increasingly dark, disturbing, tense, and pessimistic, taking you on a wild ride.
I think Liu partially redeemed the lack of developed female characters in the second novel by having the main character and a secondary character be women.
However, I think the author has some odd notions about femininity that are expressed throughout the novel. Obviously it was translated and Eastern and Western cultures have different broad views.But like describing the men looking exactly like women in the peacetime era and them being weak. Going on and on about Cheng Xin being motherly and loving and this makes her weak
Loved the weird stuff.
Explored some very interesting concepts.
A book structure spoiler:
This book has multiple shorter chapters. Found it a lot easier to re-read parts/ more natural stopping points. Didn't get lost in where I was in the audiobook at all! I was super engrossed in the book for the first 2/3s however I thought the pacing fell off a bit towards the end.
Spoiler Spoilers:
Still thinking about the end. Very wtf. Cheng missing Yun Tianming by 18 million years wtf. And then her living in a little mini universe with a random man?? What.
I enjoyed the friendship between Ai AA and Cheng but wished it were more developed.
Loved that Luo Ji came back and his character development. Feels weird because the novel is pretty long and meanders a lot but then at the end it feels a bit rushed. I was hoping to see more about 4d space, Yun's time with the Trisolarians/ how he got a body, what did he and Ai do for the rest of their lives etc
I think Liu partially redeemed the lack of developed female characters in the second novel by having the main character and a secondary character be women.
However, I think the author has some odd notions about femininity that are expressed throughout the novel. Obviously it was translated and Eastern and Western cultures have different broad views.
Loved the weird stuff.
Explored some very interesting concepts.
A book structure spoiler:
Spoiler Spoilers:
I enjoyed the friendship between Ai AA and Cheng but wished it were more developed.
Loved that Luo Ji came back and his character development. Feels weird because the novel is pretty long and meanders a lot but then at the end it feels a bit rushed. I was hoping to see more about 4d space, Yun's time with the Trisolarians/ how he got a body, what did he and Ai do for the rest of their lives etc
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Classism, Deportation, Gore, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Grief, and Blood
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