• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Not really… At least not for me. None of it was all that compelling and none of the actions taken by anyone really make any logical sense. The whole video game / MMO thing was horribly contrived and went on way too long.

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        3 months ago

        Yes that’s the dry start I’m referring to. The video game thing established a sense of ultimate fuckedness, and gave a sense of just how though the Trisolarans are to have built a civilization in that level of fuckedness.

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      3 months ago

      I got about one third of the way through. I told some friends who’d finished it that the writing was driving me crazy and was hoping it would get better. Thry said it didn’t. I was deflated. Three months later, I got the audiobook version and I’m happy I did. Still not finished, but some of it inspired me to pick up the book again and review select passages.