The Three Body Problem trailer for the new Netflix adaptation is out. I must say I am very skeptical of this one. This being one of my favorite books I have my doubts that they will do it justice. I'm sure it will be visually interesting and everything, but that's not really the point. Especially not for book 1.
I recently watched both the Tencent live adaptation as well as the animated adaptation of The Dark Forest and sometimes I feel like these books were better left on paper. The live show wasn't bad or anything it just has a different feel to it on screen that's hard to understand.
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I listened to the first two books in the series on audio. The first book was very interesting and it kept me hooked. The second book was.... different feeling, it just didn't feel as good as the first book. The 3rd book, Death's End, man, it was such a slog even in audio book format that I stopped listening to it a little past half way through in favor of another book.
Like was mention, I wonder if it's an issue with something being lost in translation, but the first book was so good that doesn't seem to be an accurate explanation.
I read Three Body recently and while I can see how it has two sequels I didn't feel the drive to read them.
The mystery has been solved, it must transition to a different style of book to continue. It's the same thing that stranger things did - once they showed the monster and explained where it came from it went from a monster horror to an action thriller. You can only lift the lid on the mystery once.
That's a good point, the first book was so compelling due to that mystery. Some new mysterious do pop up in the books as they progress, but none are as compelling as that first mystery. I also feel the books context got more and more ridiculously and weird as they went along, so by the time we're in book 3, it's very difficult to get into for me.
I don't quit books in audio format too frequently, so it isn't a habit of mine. I'll probably check out the Netflix series though, expecting nothing good. What a weird Sci-Fi book to try and turn into a live action show for western audiences!