The Three-Body Problem

I just don't get all the praise and awards for this book. I guess a lot was lost in translation...but the English version won awards also, so not sure. To me it felt like someone challenged the author to write a novel and use every single word from the glossary of a physics textbook. I kept waiting for the book to get to the good part, because surely with all the praise, it would get better. I would describe the book like this. Take a simple scene of a child throwing their red ball toy accross a room, and watching it bounce with wonder. This book would describe it like this: Child throws ball with speed of 3 meters per second. First bounce is 30cm high, 2nd bounce is 15cm high, 3rd bounce hits carpet, and rolls to a stop due to friction. End scene.

could not get into it- tried the 1st chapter 3 times with months in-between but found it too grotesque to want to go beyond that. there is a photo I recall from when the khmer Rouge took over Cambodia of student slamming a wooden chair on a burning hanging corpse....senseless violence. I dont need or want to immerse myself in that world.

I know this won a reputable award, and I actually liked the unique style of writing (I'd describe it as 1st person reflective, my words, I have no literary background), but characters too near the end to develop, and oddball events appeared from nowhere with no context although story line was dramatically affected. The ideas were neat, original, but I don't think I will read the next one in this series. Still, I think that this author has a promising future, it's just that I don't have the time to stay with this series.