Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Así se pierde la guerra del tiempo by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

167 reviews

sarahb919's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I thought I wouldn’t like this book but I ended up loving it. This is the type of love I yearn for. This is the type of partnership I want. The language in this book is beautiful and organic. Also kind of reminds me of the language used in NBC Hannibal. And the memes! I wasn’t expecting memes! Nobody expects The Memes! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I’m sorry. I know from all the reviews this is a much beloved book but it just wasn’t for me. I had high expectations: initially when I saw this book floating around I thought it was nonfiction due to the title and cover. After realizing it’s fiction and about time travelers falling in love, I was excited! Unfortunately, the writing was too sparse and I did not feel much for the characters, making it made it a very difficult read.

I think my biggest issue might be my disinterest in science fiction. I am always trying to reach outside my comfort zone and read genres I may not consider. In this case, the characters were so science fiction they didn’t feel human, although I think that was the point? I think? I genuinely don’t know if they were supposed to be nonhuman or just futuristic humans.

I really struggled with the writing. There were some very beautiful sentences but it was not cohesive and felt confusing. This also made me sad because normally I love wordy books and reading between the lines, but here I just felt frustrated because I didn’t feel any sense of a plot. Again, maybe it’s just not my cup of tea, but the fact that there was so much time jumping between letters and points in their lives didn’t help me see how their relationship developed over time (this is ironic for a time traveler story, I know).

Overall, I would recommend this to fans of science fiction and queer literature. Maybe only people I am acquainted with, though, I don’t think I could ever recommend this to a friend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Colonisation

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Confinement

linkamarisa's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

 cried several times while reading this book, not because it’s particularly sad, but because the prose is so beautiful it moved me to tears. i think the only thing that i’ve read that’s more romantic than this book is pablo neruda’s poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and War

Minor: Stalking and Pregnancy

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and War

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

skillyillian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I expected this to be way harder to understand, based off of what everyone else has said about it, but honestly??? It wasn't that difficult to parse out what was happening. The prose is beyond stellar. I loved every minute of this. It was like extended slam poetry. The narrators for the audiobook did a phenomenal job. Just the right amount of romance, mystery, time travel, wordplay, horniness, betrayal, scifi nonsense, and more. Loved it. Loved loved loved. The description of the place Red goes at the end had me scratching my head but in that scifi way where you just go with it because trying to picture it simply won't work if you're sober.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kirjakorppi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

suhair's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

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