Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Trisurya - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

96 reviews

jojo50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Murder

maddowils's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

justineboots's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

I read about 70% of this a few years ago and then I returned to it a couple weeks ago and started over. 

I really enjoyed this book. The premise was interesting and the journey through the story was satisfying.

The writing can be a bit dense - this is hard sci fi - and be prepared for lots of essay-like exposition dumps. But ultimately the author still used literary imagery and I particularly enjoyed one parallel that was drawn from the start and end of the book. 

Interesting commentary too on humanity and the human spirit, human progress and its cost. Some hints of pastoral sci-fi, as well.

I will definitely be continuing the series.

4.5 here, 4 on Goodreads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

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

Minor: Body horror

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I was so intimidated by this book, but once I got started I was immediately sucked in and found it not only very readable, but incredibly thought-provoking. I feel like I'm smarter for having read it. And I can't wait to get my hands on the next two books!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

katrinarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

The most unique sci fi book (or really book of any genre) that I’ve ever read. My only two complaints were the tendency of the author to info dump and a lack of in depth character development. However, I think the plot and ideas do make up for it, just be warned if you need really good character development to enjoy a story. I really enjoyed the background of the story being set in China, parts of it during the Cultural Revolution. The footnotes were a big help to understand more context, and I found it very interesting. I loved the complexity of how the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence impacted the minds and opinions of humans. Would recommend if you are interested in very science-y science fiction, the idea of alien life, thinking about humanity, and a sprinkling of historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

f18's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

isabelgalupo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

This book was dense and extremely difficult to read at points, but it has an undeniable “it” factor that makes you want to get through it quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, and War