I went into this knowing nothing except it had something to do with aliens, and if someone were to ask me to describe this book to them, I wouldn't be able to. The language is so technical I don't even think I'd do it justice, and I don't think there's a way to explain this without either spoiling anything or just straight up explaining the entirety of the plot. And even though I didn't get the kind of aliens I was expecting to get, or as soon, I really enjoyed being submerged in this world.

I do definitely believe this would have impacted me more if I had the context of the time period and the cultural connections that the Chinese would have while reading this, but none of that made me any less interested in this or excited to start the next book.