Prithviraj Manivannan

Finished it in a day. Simple language, loved it. I didn't know one could write a first person POV this gripping— at times I even felt like putting the book down because my heart was pounding too much.

What an insanely well executed premise. Loved the whole ending arc, it was very well done and I was on the edge of my seat.

Masterpiece, masterpiece, masterpiece. One masterpiece for every book in the series.

Cixin Liu has such a clear, concise and direct writing style with 0 fluff that makes it refreshing to read. No over describing the colour of the walls and facial micro expressions and the poetic emptiness of space, none of that. He writes in such a way that you come up with those metaphors and poetics yourself. You feel what he wants you to feel with the situations he portrays.

As for the plot?
This ties in with the Dark Forest for my most favourite book in the series, fuck, favourite book ever (for now). While the Dark Forest focuses on humanity's reaction to the mystery revealed in the Three Body Problem, Death's End is very much like the three body problem in physics. Unpredictable as fuck. And I love that. Each development always leaves you thinking, “What could possibly happen now???” And a new development occurs that makes you repeat that question.
Just the sheer scope, imagination, creativity and use of real scientific concepts leaves me astounded as to how one man could write all this. How much research did he do? Did he have to do any research at all or does all of that knowledge just exist in his head? Idk...

I was initially led to reading this series by a YouTube video called ‘The most horrifying series in science fiction'. The video asked me to pause, read the series, and come back. So I paused, read the series and never came back. Because I understand why someone would think that way. The implications and concepts outlined in the book might be horrifying to some. But the sheer creativity in those concepts... Man. I'm more amazed than terrified.

Overall, 10/5. A five star rating just isn't enough. So I give it a five star two times.

This book has 2 parallel plot lines. One about another species and another about humans on a ship.

I would highly recommend everyone to read only the parts about the other species. It's eye opening and intriguing to see how biology affects society and culture even in humanity.

But the human part is so damn boring. It's so long and it's such a fucking drag. 2 stars purely because I can't stand it. I never actually finished the book because of how boring it is.