Tag Archives: Chinese Culture

Book Review: Death’s End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #3)

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Tietsu

“Life is not a fairytale.” This is the operative truth at the heart of this novel and Cixin Liu is willing to wield a four dimensional hammer to make sure that particular nail gets hammered home. This book is brutal. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #2)

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Tietsu

The first third, perhaps half, of this book is weak, bordering on tedious. Broadcasting its movements like the overconfident failings of a twelve-year-old. Where The Three-Body Problem was a science fiction mystery, The Dark Forest rests firmly in the Action/Adventure … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1)

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Tietsu

The first chapter of the book was wonderful. I mean, it did absolutely nothing to prepare you for the rest of the book, it triggered some things, but its haunting historical truth and the human madness dancing across the pages … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lotus by Lijia Zhang

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Tietsu

  I have strange pet peeves when it comes to writing. There are certain turns of phrases that when used demand being expanded upon. The one that rings clearest and earliest in this book is, “There was something about _____”. … Continue reading →

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