A review by sunnybopeep
Ice Trilogy by Vladimir Sorokin

2.5

I never want to read another description of  a hyper-specific shade of blue eyes ever again. I am SICK AND TIRED of blue eyes.

Bro: This part started off strong. I really liked the discovery of the ice, with its weird extraterrestrial mysticism. It started losing me around the point when WWII was gearing up to break out. By the end, I felt like everything was so pointlessly repetitive.

Ice: This part honestly SUCKED. I don’t think there was a single moment that I enjoyed. It was just miserable people doing the same things over and over in a more contemporary setting from the events of Bro.

23,000: This was by far the most interesting part, and reading through it was a breeze because the plot was really plotting. I read it in a single sitting! The characters were consistent (with a bit more character development than in the previous parts), lots of secrets were unraveled, and it was full of action! Unfortunately, it was tainted by the foul racist vibes. Like, it was SO RACIST. Everything from slurs to chinky eyes to eating cats to warmed up toilet seats to schoolgirl fetishes. Even our “heroes” were unbearably racist. Also, it is clear that Sorokin has never had a Japanese woman (if you can even call a 10th grader a “woman”). They don’t shave their pubes.
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