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

10 reviews

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

Characters: 10/10
Relationships: 10/10
Atmosphere/Setting: 9.5/10
Writing Style: 9/10
Plot/Intrigue: 9.5/10
Internal Logic: 10/10
Entertainment: 10/10
Overall: 68/70, 5*

I love epistolary novels, quantum time travel plots, and messy star crossed sapphic romances, so I figured from the get that I'd be really into this. and I was! I especially loved the ways the characters spoke with one another across timelines, and gave context for themselves as individuals, within their respective collective experiences, and within their shared relationship over time(s). the writing about writing was also really fun! there are definitely moments that delve into disturbing themes and events, but for the most part I found the tone stayed hopeful in belief for better circumstances. 

it's definitely something I need to relisten to (I feel like I missed a lot in my first run thru due to the narrative bouncing around quite a lot), but I'm so excited to revisit it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Colonisation, Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Cursing

Graphic: spiders

q_bert13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

4.5

An interestingly arranged story of correspondence between two alien agents of opposing forces. Not plot heavy at all- chapters include little increments of world building/action, and end with a letter addressed from one mc to the other. A quick, possibly at times confusing read- but overall super enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Genocide, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Colonisation, Body shaming, and Sexual content

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

Quite disappointing. I really enjoyed the writing, worldbuilding, and concept but struggled to care about the characters and their relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

laurenevlyn'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I can confidently say that this is the best book I’ve ever read. I knew a little bit going in, but I’m so glad I decided to remain somewhat in the dark about the story. The writing of this book is some of the most beautiful I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. These are the types of words I dream of writing and of receiving. Red and Blue have my whole heart

and the thought of them fighting side by side with all the time in the world to experience each other brought me so much joy and comfort that I started crying as soon as I finished the last page.

This is a relatively quick read, so please, if anyone is on the fence about reading this, do yourself the biggest favor in the world and do it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Body horror

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, and Confinement

skudiklier's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Okay, so: hmm. Wow. It took me a while to get into this book--at first, I was only really interested in the letters, and found the lead-up to them kind of boring. But eventually the book got me hooked enough that I was engaged by all of it (though still the letters held almost all the good parts imo). I wrote down a lot of quotes I liked. This book feels like one I would have loved in high school or even just a few years ago, but now I just liked it. It was written beautifully and made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Child death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Colonisation, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Not sure how exactly to trigger tag someone kissing their lover's childhood self but that part was weird and I didn't like it.

talonsontypewriters's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War, Violence, Gore, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Stalking, Abandonment, Confinement, and Self harm

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Torture, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Insects, spiders. Illness.

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

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, War, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Murder, and Medical content

sigynmoon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow... It is hard to say anything but just... Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual content