Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu

6 reviews

marissasa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

This collection of short stories is my first time reading from Cixin Liu of The Three Body Problem fame, and I can see why his writing is so well-known in the science fiction world. Although the titular first short story "The Wandering Earth" is the collection's namesake and has a movie adaptation, it was actually one of my least favorites in the book and I thought that it wasn't super interesting other than a couple nice quotes. The best short story in the collection for me was "Devourer" and it had the most memorable plot, most interesting ideas presented, and best execution. Although not all the short stories were a hit for me, as usual in short story collections, this book was a solid intro to Liu's works and it motivated me even more get around to reading his more famous work. 

My rankings for each short story:
The Wandering Earth - 3
Mountain - 4
Son of China - 3
For the Benefit of Mankind - 4
Curse 5.0 - 3
The Micro-Era - 4.5
Devourer - 5
Taking Care of God - 3
With Her Eyes - 3.5
Cannonball - 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

eliaa's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Genocide, Sexism, and War

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Kidnapping, War, Classism, Torture, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Ableism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

philippmk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

3.75

Though the prose is wonderful, this science fiction book is very heavy on the science. The explanations for the new scientific inventions usually start of interesting, but the longer they go, the more they start to lose me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and War

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Death, and Cancer

anne311's review

adventurous informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Child death