Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

181 reviews

kobooks's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: War

veggiestrawenjoyer13's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

I put off reading this book for so long because I wasn’t sure I would like it. Even at the beginning of reading it, I was unsure of it. The concept is so unique and it’s executed amazingly. Once the letters start, it gets so much better. I don’t usually enjoy complicated writing styles, but this was a work of art. Especially as the letters go on, they become genuine literary masterpieces (in my opinion.) The end had me wanting more, in a good way. The plot twist fell into place so well and it’s worth reading. I wasn’t expecting this book to have such a high rating, but it is one of the best I’ve ever written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

josie1999's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Self harm, and Blood

tlindhorst's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

This book will reward re-reading, mulling over & reading outside reviews. It is complex, romantic, full of hope & despair all at the same time. Is the conclusion that

we must break away from more collective identities correct

?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Torture, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Blood, Confinement, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

trying_ceratops's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

Wow oh wow did I love this. I didn’t understand what I was reading all the time (hence the .5 taken off) but the romance, the intrigue, the writing, the detail was all so beautiful. 

I would recommend this to most people, but would avoid suggesting it to anyone who isn’t a fan of abstract stories. There’s lots of time travel and while that’s not the plot of the book, as many time traveling books tend to be, I would describe it as the setting of the book. 

I felt very moved by this book and tabbed many lines that made my heart twist or sing. It’s just beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Gore and Blood

sop17hie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

I don't know how to feel. Some beautiful poetic moments but also nauseating gore. Some parts felt like 1984 with the new speak and uncanny turns of phrase.

The moments of war and gore, and being able to be surgeons to themselves really put me off. Hiding things behind the eyeball??? 🤮🤮🤮

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: War

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria, Gore, Confinement, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and War

violerwolf's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? No

3.5

This book wasn’t for me. The prose can be so purposefully opaque that it renders parts of the book barely understandable. And while I’m sure that some people enjoy that, personally I think that no matter how cerebral a book is, you should be able to imagine what the characters are doing when the author describes simple actions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, War, Blood, Death, Murder, Genocide, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Child death, Torture, and Grief

jesshudzik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A challenging read told as a volley of, lets say unusual communcation methods, between two rival elite time traveling agents across time and space.  They each speak in their own voice, which most often takes the form of poetry and layered meanings.

A wild ride from start to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Gore

taryn_g's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror and Suicide

Minor: Torture