Reviews

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

corduroy_pete's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

One of my favorite series, and this is likely my second favorite entry behind the second, thus the 4.75. really fantastic hard sci Fi elements

pennylan3's review against another edition

It is a pretty dry read unfortunately 

barning's review against another edition

3.0

Was habe ich da gelesen? Die Story beschreibt eine noch nie da gewesene Außerirdische Welt. Trisolaris ist dann aber noch einmal so viel neuer als alles was ich mir vorstellen kann. Auch stelle ich gerade als Westler wieder fest, wie wenig ich über Chinas Historie weiß (und ich hatte chinesische Geschichte im Abi).
Ansonsten hat das Buch sehr Platte Figuren. Es kommt jemand auf die Bühne, erklärt lang und breit seine Motivation und dann darf sie noch ein paar Dinge tun. Das fesselt leider nicht.
Aber wahrscheinlich geht es hier nicht um die Figuren. Wir haben ja noch 3 Bücher und 450 Jahre vor uns.

bookwomble's review

dark informative mysterious 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? No

4.0

foulone's review against another edition

slow-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

2.0

2 stars but it came this close 👌🏼 to being a 1 star 

amiewg's review against another edition

4.0

And on this side, we have a story about a babe that ✨volunteered THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE as tribute for colonization✨...and friends.

I only have praise for Cixin Liu. He handled the sociological elements with grace and made the scientific ones fun. This story is relevant today as a criticism of colonialism, morality, and ethicality. I was locked in on the real events referenced, real people featured, and actual science research. The footnotes, reports, and interviews were especially enjoyable; if you told me that Mr. Liu wasn't a scientist, I wouldn't believe you.

tylorc96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

thursdayleroux's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

dana_scully's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i always knew physics would be the death of me

thelastcube's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

Quite a different perspective to scifi, was refreshing. Some plot decisions like the game was little weird to grasp. Overall good scifi tho, interesting ideas.