Reviews

The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu

sebniv's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.75

alieneleni's review against another edition

5.0

this story is going to haunt me forever. It's everything I love about the three-body trilogy but the short form makes it 100x more potent. I definitely need to read the rest of Liu's short stories. couldn't put it down. 6/5 expanding red suns, would recommend. I'm gonna go stare at a blank wall for a while now.

eschnitger's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

renaesense's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

leemartin91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

mcduggan33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

4.25

Great collection of short stories. Couple of absolute bangers in there. And, as you'd expect, some mad concepts too. 

davinci10038's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

zachhois's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

He continues his fantastic acceleration of complex and sometimes downright terrifying science fiction concepts. This was a collection of short stories that he’s written. My favorites were the wandering earth, the namesake, and the one about the hitmen probably. It is so interesting to see him do a fictional autobiographical piece. For me personally, I think this short story format is good for his writing. From my perspective, the longer books started to lose some steam at times. Here, however, he can explore different concepts, and although they are not thoroughly dissected, he can move on to another interesting one before you have to start filling.

martha_me's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

mrliterate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0