A review by thevampiremars
A Three Body Problem by Tan Juan Gee

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

3.0

I like the artwork. The clean lines and blocks of blue give the comic a bit of a blueprint feel, which is apt for a sci-fi story featuring spaceships and cyborgs (maybe the author could have leant into this when

Io was depicted opened up and having their parts replaced

) It also fits the anticapitalist perspective (spotlighting how everything (and everyone) is viewed by capitalists as an asset to be exploited) ...Or maybe Tan just likes the colour blue?  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I wasn’t impressed by the story itself. I don’t think the comic does enough to drive home its political message. I know capitalism is exploitative but the text doesn’t demonstrate that – beyond the first page or two we don’t see Io working, so their line about “do[ing] all the work” falls flat. The murder mystery plotline was incredibly predictable too.

I dunno. I like the concept but in the end A Three Body Problem doesn’t quite hit the mark.