The book I chose to read was called "The Three Body Problem". It was written by Cixin Liu and translated into English by Ken Liu. This novel is basically about some scientists in China basically trying to benefit humanity in different ways. "The Three Body Problem" starts off following Ye Wenjie's father (a professor who is very knowledgeable in sciences), then Ye herself (a highly intelligent student with a soft spot for the environment), then Wang Miao (a nano materials researcher). Wang stumbles across a video game called "The Three Body Problem" in which he has to try and use science and math to solve when different periods in the game will strike. There are three bodies in space in this game and the problem at hand is the seemingly unpredictability in how they affect each other. It's later revealed that there's a lot more going on than meets the eye, in both his life and in the video game. I'll give you a hint, it has something to do with aliens. I read this book because Ms. Hieber suggested it to me and I thought "she's an English teacher, she knows books." I liked this book. It wasn't super good but it wasn't bad. It was just kind of ok. This book tended to be kind of dull for my taste, I prefer a faster paced novel. It was also very thick and I personally felt like it kind of just inched along. I found myself having to reread pages because I kind of just zoned out during it. I liked the fact that this novel was originally written in Chinese, it made for some interesting context and content. Like, it revolved a lot around Communism and had a few references to Chinese historical events mentioned in a foot note. The translator really made sure you knew what was going on. If you really like science and math than this book would be right for you. "The Three Body Problem" was jam packed with science things that, quite frankly, I didn't have any clue what they were talking about. Overall, I'm happy that I read this book but I probably wouldn't read it again. -MZ, grade 10
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