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So, what have you been reading recently? | π Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, June 14th, 2026
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I'm reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (sequel to The Three Body Problem). I'm about 200 or so pages in and so far, it hasn't really grabbed my interest. This is a stark contrast to the former which I couldn't put down. I'm hoping the story picks up soon.
I found the whole series fascinating; definitely comes from unique angles in my opinion/experience. Really got me thinking about things I hadn't considered, and with different perspectives and nuance than I would likely ever arrive at on my own. I feel like the series is worth reading in its entirety, but I can also commiserate with losing interest or even feeling too fatigued to bother finishing. (Also, there was a weird part dealing with gender that felt almost like a non sequitur; I found it jarring and necessary, but I'm also not out here any literary awards.) What language are you reading it in? If it's English, it might be worth noting The Dark Forest has a different translator than the other two.
I'm reading it in English. I do plan to power through, but I really can't pretend to care about Luo Ji's imaginary to real girlfriend pipeline and everything that occurs in-between. The whole thing just seems silly to me, and not in a good way.
I just reached part 2. I'm hoping things start to get more interesting from here, but I did need to take a little break after slogging through part 1.
Yeah, I want to say that nonsense ends up being at least partially justified story-wise, but itβs been a while since Iβve read it, and I donβt know how true that is. π