Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

36 reviews

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

A book full of interesting ideas and... not much else. With one exception, the characters are all pretty 2-dimensional and are mostly just mouthpieces for exposition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Classism, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny and Suicide

sandrine_bc's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation and Cultural appropriation

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

I usually prefer faster pace books but I really enjoyed this one.

I really enjoyed

• writing style
• the tension and mystery

And learning more about 

• China's cultural revolution
• Science concepts - a lot were explained well enough that I could understand without a science background

I never felt bored listening to this but some of the science parts went completely over my head and I didn't want to look them up out of fear of spoilers so I felt a bit lost during some of the super science heavy parts. 

Spoilers:

Fyi it ends on a cliffhanger.

I love books that make me say wtf lol dried out people rolls?? What the fuck! Cutting a boat in half with a nano string?? Destroying microcosm societies??love it, absolutely loved the part at the end with the bug metaphor- The Bugs have never truly been defeated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Torture, Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death, Gore, Genocide, Blood, and War

atalea's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

At the beginning it was a five star read for me, but at the end it became a little too science heavy for me which deflated my interest a bit. I do love how the author explains difficult scientific concepts, it made it easier to follow. Very interested to see how things continue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and War

seaofbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

blau_elmo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Generally, a solid sci-fi novel with extremely detailed and geeky mechanics that are impressively intricate yet largely believable.

I enjoyed the fact that the dystopian end-of-the-world prophecy is not the sole feature of the book. In fact, Lu provides some background into the Cultural Revolution in China, using that as the basis from which certain characters' nihilism and apathy is born, which kickstarts the events of the entire book in the first place. 

Furthermore, the slow unravelling of the mystery told from the point of view of the protagonist is extremely gripping and horrifying all at the same time. Super enjoyable.

Overall, a great sci-fi mystery/dystopian book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Blood

whimsical_wombat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.25

This is the first book that I’ve read by this author, and I can tell he’s super talented and knowledgeable. He weaves history, advanced science, and philosophy together in fascinating ways. It was hard to follow at times, though, because of the thoroughness of his descriptions. Not sure if I’ll read the other books in this series, but this one was pretty fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Death, Suicide, and Animal death

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Colonisation, Genocide, and War

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, War, Death, and Blood

gkgkgk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

When I first picked up this book, I did so after being advised that the less I knew about its plot going in, the better the book would be. That is absolutely correct. This book is so unfathomable to me in concept (not that I didn't understand it, Liu ensures that the average reader will)- I cannot comprehend the intellect and creativity that is required to write this work. It was in every way a page-turner. Loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and War