Years of rice and salt: My opinion with spoilers
1. Title and structure► Publication year: 2002
► Genre: Alternate history, Uchronia.
► Themes: Religion, Black Death, Islam, Buddhism, Reincarnation, War, History, Theology.
► Pages: 763
This is my third book by Kim Stanley Robinson. Also, this is my first time reading him in English. Unlike the other two books I read, this one is not a sci-fi book. Also, this is the longest book I've read this year and the longest book I've read by this author. I confess that it was h…
The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin: Some criticism with spoilers
In my last post about the book, I talked mostly about why I liked the book and hinted at some issues as well. Here, I will go a bit deeper into the aspects that I didn't like in the book.
Women charactersI usually don't focus too much on character writing in science fiction because I haven't read good examples in the genre so far, so I just accept the fact the plot is more important than the characters in this genre, but, approaching the 2010's, you'd exp…
The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin: My opinion without spoilers
1. Introduction► Publication year: 2008 ► Genre: Sci-fi, fantasy. ► Themes: Chinese culture, space war, extra-terrestrial beings, technology, physics, military, politics, cryogenics, deception. ► Pages: 545
This is my second book by Liu Cixin. I read it in English and really I liked it. I think it is interesting. Read my short, spoiler-free review on Goodreads. And read some criticism with spoilers, here.
2. Title and structure ★★★★★
Great title. And it delivers within the book!…
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami: My opinion with spoilers
1. Introduction
► Publication year: 2011 ► Genre: Fiction, fantasy. Readers, beware! This is not SCIENCE FICTION to any degree. ► Themes: Japanese culture, women abuse, crime, religion and cults, writing, sex, people's ears, people's fingers against their temples, women's breasts, preparing food, classical music. ► Páginas: 812
This is my first book by Haruki Murakami. I read it in English and I liked it. I think it is well-written. This is the longest book I've…
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