phongvng 's review for:

Supernova Era by Cixin Liu
3.0

This book starts of with a great idea: what if the world is run by 12 year old children and all of its governance is a form of play. I generally am great with suspension of disbelief, but by the end of this book things are happening at such a pace and such escalation that I found myself asking "How?".

The tale also feels allegorical, and according to Liu, is inspired by the Tiananmen Square protes, which casted the novel in quite a grim light, despite the hopeful ending.

3/5