This book is so important for the sci-fi genre. I prefer reading sci-fi, some fantasy, and political commentary from various viewpoints.
I would say that not only this book, but the rest of the trilogy contains some very dark moments and I would call it Horror-Lite, not because of what the book says in plain language, but what is left to the imagination, in a similar way to how Lovecraft did it.
But the horror element is different from what I want everyone to take away from this review, the book spans many heavy subjects in science and current theory. There is a group of great characters to follow, but the time frames explored during this series are so expansive that you say goodbye to some characters and others are introduced.
Another thing I loved about this book and the reason for the 5th star on this review, is the format, using exerpts from the future looking back at events and the way the chapters are laid out talking about certain times in certain eras. There is a clear timeline located near the beginning of each book so you can see what they are called, when each one started and ended.
It is a fantastic story and highly recommend it!
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A good story, but really just a 400 page lead-in to the second book.
It was a very interesting story. It was touted as the war of the worlds in 21st Century China.While we did not see even a glimpse of the aliens, until the final few pages of the book, which is obviously setting up the second book in the series, there was a lot of interesting Chinese culture.The governments, cruel treatment of scientists, how they became an enslaved state, and the government had free rain to do whatever they wanted to any citizen.I was indeed, a political thriller, where we saw a mistreated young woman, more than 40 years later, becoming an empowered leader.The book was interesting, I just wish that the aliens had shown up and began using their tactics in the first book.It was over 400 pages long, and it was really just a build up to the second book. I would have liked less of the story in this book, and have the aliens appear, in this book raising a ruckus.
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One of the greatest science fiction novels of the century
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2024