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Así se pierde la guerra del tiempo by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
233 reviews
paradicsomleves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War
julieyael's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Written in an exchange of letters, with a background of time travel and wars, it’s an ode to hope.
I sometimes found the text confusing or a bit difficult to read, very poetic, with peculiar words (I am not an english native-speaker), but I liked the lyrism.
It’s a recommended read, with an interesting world building (we learn the specificities in the course of the story).
Strangely, even if it’s science fiction and peculiar characters, the message of the book feels universal.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Torture and Injury/Injury detail
haleymk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, and Grief
dewugging's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Torture
gandalfdg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Body horror and Torture
mobymaize's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Also romance through letters and missives is incredible. Especially when it’s queer.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
gabriella_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I loved the letters and the main characters’ dynamic. Some scenes had prose-writing so beautiful it read like poetry. The final quarter of the book had me in its grasp.
This book had a dreamlike quality to it, like a fairy tale. It feels like if 1984 meets Snow White meets Revolutionary Girl Utena meets Camus’ The Stranger.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War
amschelly153's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Minor: Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
mir_frog73's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
smellielliott's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and War
Moderate: Gore and Murder
Minor: Torture