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The Three-Body Problem

by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu

Finished 2017-01-12

I was really looking forward to this book and I think I just … don’t get it.

I talked to my father-in-law, who is Serbian, a while back about how he enjoys reading Russian/slavic authors, even in English, because their thoughts are structured in a familiar way to him – I felt the opposite here, wondering if what was being said would click more with me if I had grown up in China. That’s not a criticism, really, just an observation. Much of the book felt like it was told as an allegory that I just wasn’t getting, or a fable with a moral that went over my head. The characters all seem motivated by some emotional resonance with the Three Body game that I feel expected to understand, but I definitely don’t.

The surface story, beyond any attempt at finding a deeper meaning, was intriguing but ultimately underwhelming. Like I said, I feel like there’s more meaning beneath it all but I don’t feel particularly compelled to continue the trilogy because I suspect it would be similarly lost on me.
The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

Finished 2016-12-22
Invasive

by Chuck Wendig

Finished 2016-12-20
The Penelopiad

by Margaret Atwood

Finished 2016-12-14

Not quite what I expected. Witty and interesting. A bit disjointed (although it’s clear that that’s intentional). I wish some of the things she explored were fleshed out or explored a little more. I also think Atwood walked a tough line between accepting [b:The Odyssey 1381 The Odyssey Homer https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390173285s/1381.jpg 3356006] as truth and treating it as an unreliable narrator.
MistbornThe Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

Finished 2016-12-12

After a slow start, where I picked it up and then switched to other books, this turned out to be one of the books I enjoyed most this year – in the genre, if not overall. Fun characters, interesting magical system, pretty well-paced plot. I’ll definitely pick up the next one.
The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Finished 2016-12-01
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis, Tormod Haugen, Per Svein Paulsen

Finished 2016-11-28
The Black Prism

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2016-11-26
The Girl with All the Gifts

by M.R. Carey

Finished 2016-11-07
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

Finished 2016-10-31
The Bullet

by Mary Louise Kelly

Finished 2016-10-15
The Dispatcher

by John Scalzi, Zachary Quinto

Finished 2016-10-15
The Ghost Brigades

by John Scalzi

Finished 2016-10-13
The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware

Finished 2016-10-06
The Forgotten 500The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

by Gregory A Freeman

Finished 2016-10-01

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The Three-Body Problem

The Book of Three

Invasive

The Penelopiad

MistbornThe Final Empire

The Lathe of Heaven

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Black Prism

The Girl with All the Gifts

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Bullet

The Dispatcher

The Ghost Brigades

The Woman in Cabin 10

The Forgotten 500The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II