Has anyone read The 3-Body Problem Series?

[Bristlecone]

I’m about 3/4 finished with book 1, “The 3-Body Problem,” and unless the following books are substantially better, I think I might give up and move on. 1 and done.

Any encouragement to go to book 2 “The Dark Forest?”

Note: it’s not too techy for me. It’s just kinda boring.

[enough]

1. Read it and loved it. Read it twice. I also read the second and third books,

which were interesting, but not as fascinating as the first.

[Bristlecone]

4. TY

[MuseRider]

2. Listening to it

while I do barn work. I am not sure I am enjoying it but I think it is just not my usual read. I will finish it and am interested enough that I might go back and read it again in a few months. Going on with others, I am not sure yet. It is being made as a TV series by several of the Game of Thrones people.

[Bristlecone]

5. Thanks, maybe I will Audible the next one

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. I preferred the second one

The translation felt a bit more dynamic to me. I like Ken Liu’s fiction, but his translation of 3BP felt a bit too professorial.
It’s been a long time since I read them, though.

[Bristlecone]

6. Thanks

[Retrograde]

7. "The Dark Forest" has a different translator

who has a very different style than Ken Liu's. There were parts of it I liked, and there's a character introduced (I think) who plays a role in the last volume, but overall I preferred Liu's translations. The third volume gets very weird at the end.

[scarletlib]

8. I just finished the last book in the series today.

For me it was worth the read.

[Bristlecone]

9. Thanks, I finished it and liked the ending better

Than the middle.
I have Dark Forest lined up for Audible. I think I’ll go that route for the series moving forward.

[Ohiya]

10. I read all three books

At times I felt like giving up, but I'm glad I finished them.

[NanaCat]

11. The first installment is on my TBR

Next month, as a matter of fact. It's an Obama choice from some year in the past. For me, most of his recs work, but we'll see. I'll decide after reading it if the rest of the series is worth my time.

Not sure if I'll watch the live action drama.

[Bristlecone]

12. I ended up finishing it and liked it enough to move to book 2

But I’m going to do that one on Audio.