The Dark Forest

Executive Summary: I'm not sure what happened. I really enjoyed [b:The Three-Body Problem 20518872 The Three-Body Problem (Three-Body, #1) Liu Cixin https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1415428227s/20518872.jpg 25696480], but I found myself largely bored by this one.Audio book: I don't like when series change narrators between books. I'm also a huge fan of [a:Luke Daniels 2978188 Luke Daniels https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1331514576p2/2978188.jpg], but he wasn't really the best fit for this series. So I was willing to give P. J. Ochlan a chance. I thought he was fine, but he wasn't really any better. It would probably just have been better to stick with Mr. Daniels.Full ReviewAfter enjoying [b:The Three-Body Problem 20518872 The Three-Body Problem (Three-Body, #1) Liu Cixin https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1415428227s/20518872.jpg 25696480] a few months ago, I was looking forward to this one. I struggled at the start of that book, but ended up largely enjoying it. I kept waiting for that to happen here, but it never did.The dialogue was hard to listen to. There was far too many times when one character was explaining what another character was doing in EXCRUCIATING detail. I'm not sure if this has more to do with the change in translator, or if I just didn't notice as much in the last book.The characters were pretty bland again, save for the cop again. However, unlike the last book the story and the science were enough to make up for that to me.I thought the end of the book was interesting, and it peaked my curiousity about what happens in the final book, but I think it's too little too late.Overall, I was pretty disappointed, and doubt I'll bother with the last book when it comes out.