OC text below by @tracyspcy@lemmy.ml
My opinion:
- Interesting concept of a Dark Forest & cosmic sociology axioms.
- Unpleasant characters: Ye Wenjie (narcissistic and psychopathic), Cheng Xin (a kind billionaire lol).
- Disappointing ending—the last few chapters feel weak.
Bonus: Absolutely fascinating interpretation of the first book by @yogthos@lemmy.ml.
Like many of the comments I had mixed feelings about this trilogy (enjoyed some concepts and large scale plot, disliked some characters and prose and specific plots) but so far no one has mentioned the misogyny. Phew boy the misogyny is front and center in a few places and it's really jarring and unpleasant.
Dear God, it is egregious, and somehow gets worse as the series goes on. It's hard to talk about a lot of it without getting into serious spoilers, but Jesus Christ the stuff in book three especially is insanely bad. And I didn't even think it could get worse after the shit with Luo Ji in book two.
"The world is doomed because of FEMINIZATION"
Okay buddy.
Maybe it was just an Asimov homage?