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A review by yukirarin
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
2.0
I started this book and then ended up concurrently watching the Netflix series with my husband and I have to say this is one of the few times I'll ever admit that the Netflix show was much better than the book.
The most fascinating part of this story to me was the cultural revolution in China, and it was actually the part where I felt that the characters were the most human. Ironically, being attacked by aliens and being transported into a mad world where three suns are constantly killing off the planet you're currently on via VR headset does not seem to elicit much of a human response from the character Wang. And that was the entire problem I had with this book where for most of it our characters, outside of a few like Da Shi who I would have loved to read more about.
Honestly, I was quite disappointed by the book when watching the show at the same time. I feel like things were just much better explained and the characters were not as lifeless when translated on screen. Or maybe this book really just wasn't for me. I don't think I'll be picking up the sequel.
The most fascinating part of this story to me was the cultural revolution in China, and it was actually the part where I felt that the characters were the most human. Ironically, being attacked by aliens and being transported into a mad world where three suns are constantly killing off the planet you're currently on via VR headset does not seem to elicit much of a human response from the character Wang. And that was the entire problem I had with this book where for most of it our characters, outside of a few like Da Shi who I would have loved to read more about.
Honestly, I was quite disappointed by the book when watching the show at the same time. I feel like things were just much better explained and the characters were not as lifeless when translated on screen. Or maybe this book really just wasn't for me. I don't think I'll be picking up the sequel.