And it was really amazing. I so wish the Earth could come together behind China and unite against common threats like climate change and poverty. I haven't read any of the books but think I will start reading The Dark Forest because other have said the show is pretty faithful to the first book, Three Body Problem. Does the series get better and better? No spoilers pls.
as someone who liked the books, I got about a third of the way through and haven't picked it back up, partly because I wasn't a fan of the pacing, do you think it picks up a bit nearer the end? (IMO 30 episodes is way too many for book 1, though for book 2 it probably isn't enough lol)
I really enjoyed up to episode 15. Episodes 16-24 slowed down a lot, then episodes 25-30 picked up big time and were probably the best episodes of the show.
Weirdly enough, I'm a huge fan of the books and I'm in the exact same situation. I found the pacing nice at first, but a little after the photo-in-house scene I stopped it also. I need to pick it back up, but I found it lengthy at this point.
Perhaps knowing the absolute awesomeness that is to come when you love the books makes going through the initial more normal scenes harder. But also, the pacing was similar in the first episodes and yet I liked it. I don't know.