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qntm
@qntm
What's the word for realising, eighty-five percent of the way through the book, that this is the first part of a trilogy, a fact not indicated anywhere on the cover
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qntm
@qntm
I'm going to call it "getting Three-Bodied" after The Three-Body Problem, which I just finished, which has two sequels and no substantial conclusion of its own and also isn't very good
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Cedric Chin
@ejames_c
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The second book is amazing, and can serve as an ending to the story started in the second book. I often tell friends who do not enjoy reading to stop at the second book; the third book has a few great ideas and a handful of good scenes, but ends badly.
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