The Three-Body Problem

The characters were very stiff and mechanically written. Their choices do not always make sense and do not feel well considered and even strange at times. Furthermore, I find it hard to connect with the characters.
The scientific concepts are interesting but even they seem to be a little over the top near the end.
It was also kind of strange that the messages earth had received are then described as a third character observant instead of a message, but that's more of a style complaint.
I hear a lot of awesome things about the second book so maybe somewhere in the future.