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User Review  - bdgamer - LibraryThing

The Three-Body Problem is the first book I’ve read by a Chinese author. It lived up to its hype… almost. It’s a wildly imaginative story backed by hard science. But it’s lacking emotional heft and ... Read full review

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User Review  - ssperson - LibraryThing

I feel like at least half of this book went straight over my head. The details about multiple dimensions and proton folding and unfolding made whooshing sounds as they passed me by. Despite that ... Read full review

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User Review  - ichadwick - LibraryThing

An interesting story, but a bit choppy. Perhaps it tightens up in the next two in the trilogy (next on my reading list). I found the switch from narrative to exposition dragged the pace a bit. And as ... Read full review

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User Review  - Olivermagnus - LibraryThing

The Three Body Problem goes back and forth in time, following two main characters. The first focuses on Ye Wenjie, a woman who is so repelled by humanity after her family's experiences during the ... Read full review

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User Review  - aadyer - LibraryThing

A good and relatively easily followed novel of science fiction which is the first of a trilogy of novels that all deal with issues surrounding The Three Body Problem. This has parts where translation and cultural differences makes it hard to follow at times. Still enjoyable though. Read full review

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User Review  - Glennis.LeBlanc - LibraryThing

I had been hearing about this book for a while now so I was able to get a review copy and try it out for myself. The story is set a few years ahead of us with the VR tech but it is very much in the ... Read full review

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User Review  - tldegray - LibraryThing

I don't know what to say about this book; it's got me thinking. I've read Liu Cixin's works before and really enjoyed them. They're more hard SF than most other things I read, and they're quite ... Read full review

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User Review  - paulmorriss - LibraryThing

This left me a little cold, even though it's highly rated. I kept reading to the end though, and didn't regret it. Read full review

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User Review  - bookwyrmm - LibraryThing

Well-written, but some of the time jumps in the storyline were confusing when listening, and the science was pretty hardcore at parts. Read full review

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User Review  - iaross - LibraryThing

3.5. Some interesting ideas, some good cultural parallels, but writing and forgettable characters hold it back. Read full review


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