Review – “The Dark Forest”

This is the second book in theRemembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, by scifi author Liu Cixin. I wrote about the first book, which I greatly enjoyed. Now, let’s talk about this second one.

Starting with the main character: Lou Ji. He is a difficult character to serve as the focal point. If you can’t tolerate him, you’ll hate him. He’s selfish, self-absorbed, and not really a great person. That, of course, makes him the perfect Wallfacer. So he makes sense in context, but some readers may easi...