A review by flyasthejet
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

Thrilling, and mysterious, with a hard perspective, and ultimately I found it optimistic. This novel is a mystery, which you unravel with the main charscter, whom I forgot his name, he is pretty boring. This novel isn't about the characters, it's s about the ideas, and it's full of really weird ideas. Cixin Liu was an "computer engineer" before becoming an author and it shows in his writing. Liu dedicates a lot of writing to the details of technology in this book. Some ideas I don't think needed as much explanation as they were given, leading to some boring sections. If you're looking for a thrilling andventure, this isn't it. It's a sci-fi novel that explores Liu's crazy ideas primarily, that has some thrilling moments. The book has an optimistic view on technological and scientific advancement laced in it: the survival of human civilisation is dependent on our capacity to create knowledge, so it's based af.