A completely immersive read – the world set up by Liu Cixin is complex, multi-layered, and utterly befuddling in the most compelling way. Even as certain mysteries get explained, more intrigue is created. The prose is confusing – cutting across timelines, geographies, virtual and real worlds back and forth. There are several rambles that don’t make sense in the context of other sub-stories being spoken about, but later tie everything together. The storytelling is utterly masterful – it is inconceivable to me as to how someone could have devised this form or narration, and the translation by Ken Liu reads so naturally it is easy to forget about it entirely.
I purchased the second part of the book with a sense of urgency by the end of the first one, and hope to unravel more of this intricately knotted plot.
Perplexed Potatoes 