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I see this recommended a lot. Nonetheless I hated these books. The opening of the first book is excellent, it set up a decent exciting mystery, but about halfwa
by dcminter 5y ago
I see this recommended a lot. Nonetheless I hated these books. The opening of the first book is excellent, it set up a decent exciting mystery, but about halfway through it dissolved into paper thin borderline fantasy-physics. The characterizations also declined sharply.
- markus_zhang 5y agoYeah he doesn't really build characters. Kinda makes sense in grand narration when individuals are not that important. But I totally understand why many people don't like this style.
- dcminter 5y agoActually what I found frustrating was that there was some great characterization work in the opening chapters and then it was all thrown out of the window! That's where I lost interest and never regained it, though I ploughed through to the end.
- markus_zhang 5y agoThey are just there to provide context I think. The same as the second part of the story of Wenjie Ye in later chapters. But in book 2 and 3 much less effort is put into character because I think the grand narrative already took off and it doesn't make sense to go back for individuals anymore. There are exceptions of course.