this series, and especially this final book, is worth every science fiction fan’s time and patience. I’ve never read a series that could effectively leave me a) amazed, b) frightened, or c) totally intrigued by the end of each chapter. the level of imagination and speculative engineering that it must have taken to write the fairytales leaves me in awe. cixin liu's mastery of weaving numerous scientific concepts and ideas throughout this comes together so harmoniously after the climax, I find it hard to fault it.

I was so stunned by the level of catharsis in the last few chapters that when I reread the preface at the beginning of the book I couldn’t help but cry. I knew while reading three body problem last year that the trilogy was going to be a special read for me, but I could never have predicted the imaginative heights liu wanted to take it to. it's absolutely one of the easiest 5 stars I’ve ever had the pleasure to give.