VivJM
4/10/2016
I really enjoyed this book. It had the pace and excitement of a decent thriller, together with a really imaginative alien planet concept. I found the science at times a bit mind-boggling (in a good way!) and also found the moral and ethical questions very thought-provoking. I enjoyed the writing style (or maybe it is the style of the translator, Ken Liu) in as much as it felt like there wasn't a single superfluous word in the book. I notice that the next book has a different translator so it will be interesting to compare.
I would have liked to get to know some of the characters a little bit more - some, I felt, needed a little more fleshing-out - and that was the only thing holding it back from a 5 star rating for me.