56.8k reviews for:

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

4.0 AVERAGE

caffeinated_bookworm_'s review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

nataliefay's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

mudworm's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cong863b's review against another edition

3.0

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too poetic for me I think

chicca_d's review against another edition

2.5

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Boh.

cemjay21's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

phig's review against another edition

5.0

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Poetry disguised as a time traveling, enemies to lovers story. I can see why it won a bunch of rewards and I can see why it has a sub 4 star rating. Personally, I loved it. 

kristenvellinga's review against another edition

4.0

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This was a fascinating concept and an impressive feat. The writing did feel about 2% too abstract for me, but if I glazed my focus a bit, my subconscious reading brain did all the translation work.

meowsandbooks's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Honestly, at first I had a hard time getting what the book was about during the first few pages. But once I did? I loterally gasped.

“Dearest, deepest Blue— At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you.”

Blue and Red’s yearning for each other through their letters is insane. The romance is subtle, but wow, it hits hard.

For a book that’s only about 200 pages, there’s a ton of words packed in. Still, after finishing it, I’m torn. I want more of it, but I also think it’s a perfect ending.

Wrapping up my Sapphic September with this book was a great call. Probably my favorite sapphic read so far.

mitchellhb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes