Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

327 reviews

kajoreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It took me a while to get emotionally invested, which isn’t ideal when the book is only 200 pages long.

The last third was worth the wait though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, and War

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Pandemic/Epidemic

el_wheel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

The amount of tears the last 30 or so pages got from me bro 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Gore, and War

saskiahill's review

medium-paced

4.0

If you can, read in one or two sittings as the writing flows and it's not the easiest to keep track of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Animal death

rhi_'s review against another edition

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, and Torture

torismazarine's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Blood, Death, Genocide, War, and Vomit

graecus_'s review

adventurous emotional mysterious

• 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

super fun read! i feel like i read this really quickly pace wise, and it was really easy to get through. the writing style is very engaging, and the mix between letters and red and blue’s povs was a great way to tell the story. ending was very open ended, but i think it worked well. as someone who normally reads really elaborate high fantasy (brandon sanderson, grrm, robert jordan), i wasn’t used to a magic/ sci-fi tech system that wasn’t super clearly developed, but since these elements weren’t really the most important part of the book i didn’t mind. overall an enjoyable book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Blood, and Violence

monicadee88's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. The writing is breathtskingly poetic and emotional. The story is magical and ethereal. I only wished it was longer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Death

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

riverestyx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I devoured this book! In fact, I spent the last 20 pages pacing my kitchen! I don't know when I last did that! I also spent more time at the laundromat than I needed to because I was pulled so deep into this story. I went into reading this knowing only 'time traveling lesbians' and I'm so glad I went in knowing so little. I was hooked the entire time.

I can see why folks would struggle with this book because it's more prose than you'd expect from a novel and often sparse on details and world building. You have to just go with the details of the world as they come. If you're okay with those then i highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Torture