Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Placeholder for Yanique and I. I'm 3rd on the waitlist of two copies so about 20 days out.

updated to start June 16th.

WOOHOO I'm ready!

My title didn't come due from the library as quick as I expected but still should in the next day or so and then I'll start.

Scott wrote: "My title didn't come due from the library as quick as I expected but still should in the next day or so and then I'll start."

no prob, still not done with my current read.

Yanique wrote: "Scott wrote: "My title didn't come due from the library as quick as I expected but still should in the next day or so and then I'll start."

no prob, still not done with my current read."

I'll post here when my book comes due and we can coordinate our start.

Yup, I'm still reading Cress, Perdido Street Station, and Dark Sky, so I'm ok with waiting a bit. I'll be finishing all of these during the next few days.

Yanique wrote: "Yup, I'm still reading Cress, Perdido Street Station, and Dark Sky, so I'm ok with waiting a bit. I'll be finishing all of these during the next few days."

Sweet.

My book just came due. I have 4 days to check it out or lose it. So start Saturday?

Sounds good!
I'm excited, I LOVED the first one so my expectations are high.

Yanique wrote: "Sounds good!
I'm excited, I LOVED the first one so my expectations are high."

Me too.

Started this morning. Very interesting right from the start.

Ooh haven’t started yet but will tonight, I’m sooo ready!

Finally started! So I’ll definitely be checking in more. Reading the prologue and already loving the random perspective.

Through year 3 crisis era part 7

(view spoiler)[The part about falling in love with your characters as a writer so all at once creepy, inspiringing, sad, motivating, comfortable, weird.......it's definitely an interesting commentary and I think it was a direct message to readers that it's OK to keep these characters as templates but not to hold people in your real life to these impossible standards. I love that the author put it all out there like that. (hide spoiler)]

I'm about halfway through crisis era year 205 and this one has not disappointed.

Scott wrote: "I'm about halfway through crisis era year 205 and this one has not disappointed."

I'm soooo behind!!! I have been on antihistamines which have been knocking me out at nights and I'm reading the physical book. Hoping to really do some bulk reading of this over the next couple of days.

Yanique wrote: "I'm soooo behind!!! I have been on antihistamines which have been knocking me out at nights and I'm reading the physical book. Hoping to really do some bulk reading of this over the next couple of days. "

I'm done. I just couldn't put it down and knocked out the last hundred pages since my last post. I already put my name on the waiting list for book #3 and I'm third on two copies. So I can start in about 10-14 days if that's cool with you or I can suspend the hold and give you more time.

I don't need more time, I'll be finishing this weekend for sure. So then I'll be ready to read your spoilers and discuss.

Cool, hope you feel better. I'll post some things that I thought were awesome tomorrow. I ran out of time today trying to get it done. Hopefully you like it as much as I did.

Thanks.
I’m finding that I preferred Ken Lou’s translation in the first one to this. Did you have any issues with awkward sentences?

Yanique wrote: "Thanks.
I’m finding that I preferred Ken Lou’s translation in the first one to this. Did you have any issues with awkward sentences?"

A little bit but having read quite a few German and Russian texts which have been translated and reading the translators notes sometimes there isn't a word which translates into one words or there's a phase which is a play on words which makes sense in one language but not another. Because of that I'm not affected by the odd word combinations and simply write it off in my mind as a translation issue.

Yeah, I actually read quite a few translations as well. I think ken Liu spoiled me with his work on the Three Body Problem, so my mind was expecting the smoothness of that one.

OK I'm reading this seriously now, and I'm remembering how much I love this story!!!

I can't help but sing the Ghostfacer's song from Supernatural every time I read 'wallfacers'.

The wallfacer concept sounded like such a great yet potentially disastrous idea, especially considering they they chose Diaz. Then they defeated the entire purpose and started having meetings to discuss and approve plans.... why?

Wallbreakers, I thought they would have just been assassins for some reason, I prefer the direction it actually went.

Ok, back to reading. I'm about to start Part III: Year 205, Crisis Era.

I was thinking the Wallbreakers would be assassins as well and thought why wouldn't you have the sophons take them out? The Wallfacers/breakers and the cryogenics was really well done. I just love how different this series has been. The characters make choices very different than I would but with the cultural differences with the author that's exactly what I was expecting. What closes the loop is he gives you that snapshot into their thinking which turns an ordinary work into something special.

OMG!!!

This had me on edge for the last 150 pages!

Firstly, I was confused for the longest about why the humans were so confident. Even with all the advance ments there was not to suggest that they'd reacvhed the levels of Trisolaran tech.

Secondly, that probe!

Third, those people in the space force escaping ships were so savage! I really didn't expect them to be so swift with those decisions.

Finally, Luo Ji is a badass! I had predicted what his plans were with the "spell" and I knew it would work. They did have me doubting myself though.

I agree with all of your points. It will be interesting to see where this goes in book 3. I'm wondering if somebody else finds them in the dark forest and they are forced to work together or a peace comes from elsewhere.