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Brad Barrish
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Finally finished the second book in the Three Body Problem series, The Dark Forest, and promptly purchased the the third one. Looking forward to watching the TV series once I finish the third book. I liked the second one better than the first so far.
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phil
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i found the third body problem series hard to read. honestly, i think it was because i had trouble keeping track of who was who. my neural net is trained to easily distinguish western names, but i was really struggling with the translation of chinese names. as a fiction book, i didn't really put in the effort to try and map out the plot, and often found myself floundering; "wait? who is this person? what is this cultural reference?"
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Brad Barrish
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I almost put it down several times because of that. I had to just resign myself to the fact that while it might be difficult to keep track of everyone, and therefor miss some things, I just kept reading. I'm really glad I did. This is not the way I typically read, but it has helped me enjoy these books. I would encourage anyone with similar concerns to just keep reading and not worry so much about grasping everything. It's supposed to be fun afterall. And if you do want to go deep, there are SO MANY resources due to the popularity of the books.
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