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spock-adoodledoo · 1 day ago

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oh my god i just finished the dark forest finally. 7/10 i suppose, i went through the first half or so of the book being really annoyed by luo ji but also enjoying the chapters where he shows up because unfortunately he was entertaining. still don't understand the imaginary girlfriend thing, it just feels like he needs someone to protect from the world which like ??? ok sure i guess, it just rubs me the wrong way personally. for the second half and especially the end i became luo ji's number one defender it's fine. for the rest, holy crap—the droplet, the microcosm of the universe on those runaway ships, the wallfacer project, luo ji drawing from rey diaz's plan, the attitude of the world towards him, the entire theory... wow

#i dont even know my brain's exploding #i don't think it's an incredibly great plot per se but it's enough to keep me interested and the concepts are interesting and thats enough #again shi qiang the mandatory emotional support. i was so touched when he said goodbye to luo ji even tho it was just a false alarm #also dongfang yanxu (btw her name??? homophone for 'the east lives on'??) and those two other captains using just their eyes to #communicate just like zhuang yan imagined... ough and then all that destruction #三体 #tbh was reminded of the trisolarians when zhang beihai started waxing on about the new morals the new humanity might have #make judgements without feeling and yet it killed him in the end #generally the moment luo ji wakes up and is almost killed 6 times (kind of funny tbh) shit literally just kept happening #also @ great depression 2. like the great ravine or smth? idk it felt close to cultural rev 2. greenpeace as a 人奸 organization💀💀💀💀💀💀#the aesthetics of trisolarians are great tho. first the droplet then the giant signaling device they send #so beautiful its something humans can't even imagine is a nice description. reminds me illogically of eschers art #王明军 the audiobook reader needs like 10 million awards actually. i feel like i didn't really think abt it when listening to book 1 #but his voice and narration is really good he reads with feeling which is incredible for when i dont want to keep reading #my post #i was very touched at the end tho he really said i'll become an alcoholic #the wallfacer project and its tolls on the saviors of the world or something #also a surprising amount of christianity references i feel #idk tho #three body problem #main gripes were that the switching of perspectives bored me lol the three retired old grandpas were alright #but i was bored out of my mind at zhang beihai's pov before shit started going down sorry dude #it annoys me how grandpas + chang weisi and all those other people kind of just get written out but i suppose this is not the target f #for science fiction anyways??

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