I feel like you should read skygiants's post on TGH because she articulates them even better than me. ^_^

I'm leaning toward ranking Goblin Emperor above Three-Body Problem because while they both have major flaws, at least Goblin Emperor's flaws aren't ones that are ubiquitous enough to be sore spots that make me want to throw things, they are relatively new and different flaws, at least as far as award-nominated stuff goes. And then Sword above them both because tbf the main bad thing I have to say about it is that it wasn't as well-put-together as Justice. I could still be convinced otherwise though!