The last time I was this early, the universe still had all its mass and our solar system was 3D.
@Henry-jp3mc
8 ай бұрын
Probably my favourite end to a series. So many twists and turns and the most original and terrifying weapon.
@digitalcurrents
5 ай бұрын
End to a series? What about book 4? The Redemption of Time?
@onire251
4 ай бұрын
@@digitalcurrents The Redemption of Time was not written nor even really liked by Cixin Liu. He was basically just pressured into acknowledging its existance by his publishers.
@strangementalitypaperYT
8 ай бұрын
Better a bad ending than no ending at all, George...
@ricokiwill2045
8 ай бұрын
Most people I know have the completely opposite opinion… for me as well. It was the latter part where it explains the structure and history of the universe that kept me hooked.
@heretic124
8 ай бұрын
I despise the main character of this book more than any other in any other book I can think of. Jorg? Kallor? Satan, ffs? Any other morally grey or evil main character? They have some redeeming quality or at least are interesting. But this woman, I don't even remember her name lol, has absolutely nothing. She flounders from one era to another only to fuck something up literally until the end of time. I love the book itself, though. It's packed with amazing sci-fi concepts and it's my favourite in the trilogy. And further it went the better it got, imo. Except the very end with pocket dimension. I guess a decent end but so weird.
@MrAlccosta
4 ай бұрын
I agree with you. I hated her and her naïveté, her unconditional love for humanity that causes the death of billions of people and her insistence in not learn anything with her mistakes. Even if in the end her lover tells her she did not do anything wrong because love is always right, I can’t agree with him! She is a disaster and keeps being rewarded. I think the author wanted to show the cruelty of nature where Goodness exists only as a human ideal. Reality is more evil than we can imagine. The universe is a dark forest where only who can kill his/her own mom, gets the right to survive. The three books are full of references to this “law”, the droplets attack, the battle of the stellar ships, the star spell, the murder of the Russian engineer by Wade, wade himself, that despite lack of morals, he was always right.
@MrAlccosta
4 ай бұрын
Characters are poorly developed? Dialogs are shallow? Sorry, but this book is not about characters! It’s about the overall experience. The characters are a detail. It is like a history book written by someone in the far future about the universe and its civilizations. Of course is a metaphor for our society where we can see each person as a civilization and the billions of people as the universe under the Dark Forest “law”. This is antagonistic to most religious views. People are mean! Survival is the highest goal. And we can extend this idea to the nature as a whole and the universe. Goodness exists only as a human ideal, and usually ends up not being efficient or leading to ruin. On top of it, the way the Author connected actual scientific theories and knowledge into multiple plots and twists. Genius! A waste this to become only a Netflix series instead of a classic movie trilogy like Matrix or 2001!
@deleted01
22 күн бұрын
@@MrAlccosta I feel the same. I think the author wanted to juxtapose her humanity to the survival mindset of the universe. It would've been thought-provoking and fitting for this trilogy, but unfortunately Liu is not the greatest when it comes to character development and dialogues, so the story completely falls flat on that front. Like Matt said, he got too ambitious. He went too far outside his skill level (or he hadn't brought his storytelling skills up to what his vision would require).
@valliyarnl
5 ай бұрын
Soooo excited for the Netflix show. I see they’re changing quite a bit from the trailers but I totally agree about the visual nature of these books. Can’t wait!
@melanindread
4 ай бұрын
I liked the series until the ending and i didnt like the time jumps or adam and eve parts .i hope netflix makes more changes
@TowerBooks3192
8 ай бұрын
Ok my favourite part is the Australia chapters where they were surrounded by food. I had to replay it on audiobook over and over again because it was a traumatising moment. Other than that I find the ending kinda eh but also makes sense. I just hate how I felt so bamboozled by the second book that it took me ages to read the last book. That Byzantine intro was actually pretty cool.
@Nadim
2 ай бұрын
Just finished this series.. I share similar feelings with you about the ending. Actually I think they could have ended the story when AA and Cheng Xin arrive at Planet Blue. Everything from that point on felt like fan-fiction, too much too late. For everyone here, any other recommendations for books like this? I loved the series immensely and would love to read something similar.
@JakeSmith2580
8 ай бұрын
The Player of Games is another fantastic Sci-fi book!
@warwolt
4 ай бұрын
Great review! I thought the glimpse of the state of the "galactic society" in the 2nd half was interesting but yeah, staying on earth-trisolaris for longer would've probably been better
@TheShadesofOrange
8 ай бұрын
I just finished Deaths End and I completely agree on your preferred ending spot
@MattsFantasyBookReviews
8 ай бұрын
Did you enjoy the series overall? I still think very positively on it. Just wish it ended as good as many of the other parts of the series.
@katieamarsh
8 ай бұрын
The translator can also effect how books translate. I wonder what it would be like to read it in Chinese. I think they can do a lot with the show because they can add more character to the characters.
@Grahamwdiff
3 ай бұрын
Just finished Death's End and not entirely sure what to think, I have a hard time grasping that this was the same book with all the events that occurred in Australia w/ the Trisolarians and became very forgetful about the beginning of it (which I thought was great) when it came to what was occurring in the end. I by no means think this book was not anything but superb, because it was. I think the ending was great because it showcased humanity, or atleast what we expect from humanity, the caring for thy neighbor and willing to do what is best for the great good etc. It was very human of them how they ended the history of humans, I am very intrigued and think about the miniature planet Cheng Xin and Sophon created and left behind. Much like humans of Earth we were created from the water and I wonder if they were leaving the blueprints behind to create human species within that miniature planet or evolution might create a human in the billion of years to come with the new universe... just a thought.
8 ай бұрын
Matt, do you know there already is an adaptation of the Three body problem ? There is a professional chinese made series free on youtube. It is really slow, but extremely true to the books.
@BooksWithBenghisKahn
8 ай бұрын
Glad the series was a hit with you! For more sci-fi that I think would hit with you, I'd definitely turn to the Expanse and Adrian Tchaikovsky's series like Dogs of War and Children of Time.
@benbryan4468
8 ай бұрын
This series wasn't really for me. I enjoyed the first book to some extent, much preferred the second book and didn't like the third book at all. After about 250 pages I lost complete interest. I've discovered that I'm just not into Sci-fi that's heavy on the science 🤷
@neotheseattledj
5 ай бұрын
I thought it was terrible. The protagonist is absolutely insufferable and gets most of humanity killed before being given a free ride to the end of the universe where she hides in a safe space until the universe restarted. I cant believe its the same author as the first two books
@MrShagification
2 ай бұрын
I understand your view, but also i don't entirely agree. From our perspective, Cheng Xin does kind of seem to suck. But thematically it makes sense, I feel. The story is about how humans, or any other race, aren't special. There is no fair or unfair, right or wrong, the universe does not care about you. So everything she does really doesn't matter. Her hand in destroying humanity is irrelevant, because humanity is irrelevant. He making it to the end is neither fair or unfair. That's kind of the whole message until just at the very end. At which point we learn that the great universe needs most (of not all) of its mass back to restart and avoid eternal death. Suddenly, it is revealed that everyone matters. All life is required to help return the universe back to its natural state and to begin anew. And now Cheng Xin is finally able to make the right choice. I think it works well enough.
@bobjones-eg2md
7 күн бұрын
This is just a bad sequel. Character motivation is so questionable. Wade just giving up, Cheng became the sword holder for no reason at all. She screwed up humanity, yet is never punished for it. If i had knkwn that my family is about to die, and that shebgets to survive for her terrible mistakes, id try to be the lunisher myself. Men becoming weak and not getting ptsd after bearly surviving a war, and is believing that the trisolarans are becoming peaceful for no reason. Everyone in the novel just became stupid. Not a single smart character except TianMing.
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