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The Three-Body Problem by 劉慈欣, Cixin Liu

estanceveyrac's review against another edition

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5.0

J'ai toujours considéré que mon ignorance dans le domaine de la physique quantique était une défaillance regrettable, mais néanmoins acceptable, car il était fort peu probable que le cours de ma vie me permette un jour d'y remédier.
A présent, je me dis que j'aurais pu faire un peu d'effort pour me renseigner, la physique quantique étant, comme tous les domaines de connaissance que j'avais balayé comme n'étant pas nécessaire à ma vie lorsque j'avais 14 ans, revenue me fouetter au visage, imposant son importance, si non pour améliorer ma compréhension du monde, du moins pour accroître ma compréhension de ma lecture de 三體.
Ce livre est extraordinaire, je regrette seulement mon dédain de jeunesse pour la physique quantique, dont je soupçonne qu'une meilleure connaissance aurait porté mon appréciation à des niveaux plus élevés.
Inutile de ruminer sur le passé, je continue ma lecture, avec le deuxième tome.

instagrahb's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mikeybuck's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

ekranefuss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

5.0

kat_thegreat's review against another edition

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I genuinely believe that I am not smart enough for this book. I was lost the ENTIRE time. That being said, it is well written and very anxiety inducing when you do understand it.

jessicarenae12's review against another edition

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

3.5

baronvongunter's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

apodlesny's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.5

madisonmakena's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious 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? No

4.25

lkriz's review against another edition

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Finished around 60%. I like science, but there was just too much and it wasn’t balanced by everything else happening. Just slow and tired and I didn’t really care about the characters. Started skimming so hard. The premise was there but it was just boring and the translation or the poor writing or both just didn’t help at all. Couldn’t finish and won’t be reading more in the series unfortunately.