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Jan 14, 2018
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3,5 stele.
M-am tot gândit la câte stele să dau romanului, probabil și pentru că toată lumea îl laudă și-l recomandă. Așa că o să explic cele 3 stele jumate.
Prima parte a romanului e foarte bună, de altfel, Liu Cixin cosntruiește bine planurile narative, amestecă un prezent al poveștii cu trecutul din perioada Revoluției Culturale din China, apoi anii în care o mână de cercetători și militari sunt practic blocați într-o misiune la unul din marile și secretele observatoare astronomice ale țării. M ...more
M-am tot gândit la câte stele să dau romanului, probabil și pentru că toată lumea îl laudă și-l recomandă. Așa că o să explic cele 3 stele jumate.
Prima parte a romanului e foarte bună, de altfel, Liu Cixin cosntruiește bine planurile narative, amestecă un prezent al poveștii cu trecutul din perioada Revoluției Culturale din China, apoi anii în care o mână de cercetători și militari sunt practic blocați într-o misiune la unul din marile și secretele observatoare astronomice ale țării. M ...more

I give this a real solid 4/5. This is definitely hard sci fi and iithe entire book feels like laying the groundwork for next two books. For being a translated book this is very well written. Sometimes the science got in over its head especially for laymen. Some chapters were filled with jargon that was a bit hard to keep straight. Very little actually happened in this book which is why I gave it a 4. The chapter titled bugs near the end nearly gave me the chills and made me excited to finish the
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3.5 stars
I finally finished this book after having it on my TBR for like 3ish years I guess. I read the first few chapters and put it down multiple times. The initial few chapters were about cultural revolution in China. The book is full of Chinese history, science and technology, political discussions which I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved how humans were all divided in their reaction to making contact with an alien race. The synopsis spoiled me for the book as it had the entire plot of first book ...more
I finally finished this book after having it on my TBR for like 3ish years I guess. I read the first few chapters and put it down multiple times. The initial few chapters were about cultural revolution in China. The book is full of Chinese history, science and technology, political discussions which I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved how humans were all divided in their reaction to making contact with an alien race. The synopsis spoiled me for the book as it had the entire plot of first book ...more

A thoughtful take on alien invasion that begins in 1967 and stretches into two more books. Lots of interesting science, a race from a strange world, and sentiments that grew from China's Cultural Revolution. Great stuff.
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