Just finished watching the series on YouTube after reading the first book. It was really well adapted, can’t recommend it enough. While the Netflix series come
Didn’t know that a YouTube series even existed, thanks for the post! I loved the whole trilogy.
I’m excited to find this out too!
FX are so good, and the acting… I wonder if the Netflix series will get to that level. I’m starting reading the second book. Amazing series
The second book is the best imho you’re in for a treat
The Dark Forest took some time to really engage me, but once it did… holy shit is it good.
I doubt the Netflix series can match the accuracy of the adaptation of the Tencent series. Maybe it is silly of them to even try so they may as well do their own thing anyway.
Well, the non-Westerner acting is fantastic. All the others are horrendous. But it’s worth looking past that.
I also read the books and watched this adaptation. This was good and 30 episodes felt right. Hope they will adapt the next 2 books. The story really get better and it’s a lot more SF.
For the Netflix adaptation I feel like they won’t be able to cover first book with only 8 episodes. They will surely need 2 seasons which means it’s going to take a long time before Netflix will adapt all books.
Oh man , I read all books what an amazing story definitely one the best things I have ever read
Thanks for this, didn’t know it was on YouTube.
I am 3/4 thorough. It’s very good although VERY drawn out. I mean, I read the book a long time ago, but in this series they REALLY tease stuff for an unreasonably long time. It’s, what, at least 15 episodes before the idea of aliens is even spoken out loud?
I’m sure that is intentional as it is a pretty big spoiler. It’s unfortunate that almost everyone who reads this already knows too much. Going in blind is a much better experience.
It could certainly be shorter, but the big reveal should be closer to the end.
I watched without reading the book first. I thought they were in a simulation at first… Then… aliens.
My SO hasn’t read the books and was convinced it was some simulation/Matrix-like situation as well at first.
Thank you for the heads-up. I only read two chapters from the book and was put off somehow. I imagine it gets better?
The problem with this book is that you have to power through 2/3, maybe even 3/4 of the book to get to the best part. I was struggling hard reading it (I’m not the most patient reader), but it blew my socks off towards the end and couldn’t put it off. I think I would still recommend though.
Cheers, that was my problem I think, lack of patience. Thank you for the heads up, I’ll start it again!
Possibly another problem is that it’s a translation. The language or way of writing is nothing special.
The first book has way too much of the video game in it that turns out not to be all that pertinent to the story that the trilogy tells as a whole, if that was the annoying bit for you it gets better as the first book concludes and video game scenes are mercifully short in the first half of the second book and eliminated completely after that.
Otherwise if it is the Wikipedia-article inspired narrative style puts you off, that remains consistent across the trilogy and doesn’t get better lol
