Review – Death’s End

[image error]Wow. If the Dark Forest ended with surprising optimism, it’s stomped out here. This is a beautiful but incredibly bleak book, terrifying in several senses and depressing in others. There’s thrilling tension but oh my… the sheer brutality of the events that unfold is breathtaking.

In the middle of all of this is Cheng Xin, who is such a stark contrast to the singular, selfish way of thinking that the rest of the universe adapts in order to survive. I admit that I wasn’t too keen on her as a ch...