Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

16 reviews

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

iggydoane's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

Picked this up after seeing it float around the internet a bit, and it made for a wonderful afternoon. I read this in one day and two sittings, unable to put it back down after about the halfway mark. 

A good book if you prefer character driven media and don't mind being given only a small glimpse into the structure of the world created around the two heroines. I enjoyed that, because although I found the world interesting I was very eager to get to the next letter, the next interaction. I can see, however, if you are the kind of person that likes to know everything about a setting, or prefers lore-heavy books, how that might be a downside for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Death, and Gun violence

lindseyhall44's review

adventurous

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Vomit, War, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

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

gm_vak's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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: Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Suicide