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.

Spoiler

https://mastodon.social/@tracyspcy/113515553103376706

  • exu@feditown.comEnglish
    11·
    20 hours ago

    Yep, totally agree. I just couldn’t stand the characters, especially the second time I read part of it and knew how they messed everything up.

    The ending is weirdly “feel good”? Which doesn’t make much sense.

    • tracyspcy@lemmy.mlOP
      8·
      20 hours ago

      I suggest that the “paper” thing was already scary enough to end the story. All the twists he added in the last chapters contributed almost nothing, in my opinion.