A review by maddness22
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I'm absolutely not smart enough for this book. There's just so much heavy science in here and almost all of it went over my head. I really enjoyed the human parts of it, like exploring Ye's complex morality due to the Cultural Revolution and the philosophy of "should we invite an outside force to rescue humanity regardless of how they wish to rescue us", but gosh it was like reading a theoretical physics textbook at times and spends more time ramping up for some really dope sequels if the sequels don't focus on the science bits as much (I'm assuming they do) than not. 

Like very cerebral and interesting to contemplate, but gosh that science was so much lol.