Tag: Cixin Liu

This week, I got some disappointing news. What is a life but a series of unexpected events? I’m still figuring out what my next steps are; however, I’m beginning by prioritising staying hopeful.

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #2) by Liu Cixin
4 stars

I won’t share too much to avoid spoiling the book. This book was super technical to say the least. I’m committed to completing the series primarily because of the plot.

Luo Ji is a very interesting character, and it was engaging watching him come to terms with being a Wallfacer.

Hello!

This week, I was deeply reminded of the value of trying things out of one’s comfort zone.  

Here’s my reading highlight:

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1) by Cixin Liu
4 stars

I was recommended this book by a colleague and was further motivated to pick it up because of its Netflix show coming out soon.

I’m usually heavily character driven when picking and reading fiction, but this has been a book that I’m fully engaged by because of the plot. One reason is that there are a lot of scientific reasoning and technical terminology that are outside my comfort zone. As such, it’s taken a while to logically understand how this alien civilization plans to invade Earth successfully (which would have probably put me off the book). However, which brings me to my second reason, I’m pretty invested in finding out what happens to Earth when this alien civilization invades them.

A few themes that have made this book really engaging for me have been the debate of whether humans are intrinsically destructive, anthropocentrism (the belief that humans are more important than other animals is false and that like humans, non-human animals have intrinsic value), the perception that with further scientific development, we lose more compassion and empathy, the notion of betraying the human race, and morality.