book 2 (the dark forest) is probably my favorite piece of scifi of all time! stick with the series if you like it. there is also a canon 4th book written by a different author that puts a really nice bow on the series.
Book two was such surprisingly good, because book one was bit tedious. The whole plot around Luo Ji and the small tidbit about siege of Constantinople was just too good.
Was not aware of the 4th book. Looking forward to that. Thank you. The first three books were great and opened my eyes to the sheer breadth of what other intelligent life could be like.