Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

5 reviews

yikeslou's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

best book ever next question 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Confinement, and Animal death

brnineworms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

If you like this book (and I know a lot of people really do), don’t take my disappointment as an indication that you’re wrong to feel the way you do. I’m glad you enjoyed it, but I just didn’t.

Red and Blue make purple, and this prose sure is purple. Every. Single. Sentence. Is trying so hard to be poetic and deep. Metaphors are great and all but this is just too saturated with them to make any real sense. The characters and their relationship didn't feel especially substantive to me. I like the combination of spirituality and science fiction and there’s some neat imagery here and there, but for the most part I found This Is How You Lose the Time War to be a confusing mess and nothing more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Suicide, War, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Stalking, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

bectothebooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

A beautiful Sapphic love story. Sci-fi Romeo & Juliet vibes. Immaculate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, War, Death, Genocide, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Medical content and Drug use

harperhoney's review

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Murder, Medical content, and Drug use

Minor: Body horror

greenteadragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, and Medical content