Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

22 reviews

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

this book fried my brain.
i'm a little ashamed to admit that i didn't understand like half of it. maybe it was the english terminology—all the jargon—, or maybe it was the fact i'm not too knowledgeable about neither the Chinese Cultural Revolution nor, well, astrophysics.

maybe my reading was also lacking a bit of personal initiative, because i'm sure a couple more google searches (that i didn't make) would've greatly helped my understanding.
but alas. perhaps i will re-read this book someday and then hopefully understand it a bit better, because the story and ideas weren't at all bad! i still really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

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: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

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

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: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

bettysbookishworld's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Police brutality and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

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

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

Minor: Genocide, Colonisation, 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: Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

lesejaguar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

unboxedjack's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

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