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

38 reviews

sinceraly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

I am so grateful to Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood for bringing this lovely book to my attention, because this book wow'd me. There really isn't much I can say that doesn't spoil anything besides the fact that the book really does represent that love can conquer all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Grief, and Stalking

seawarrior's review

4.0

This Is How You Lose the Time War is a wildly creative romance that careens across space and time. The opening prose was some of the greatest I've ever read, and I savored the strange technologies and worlds the characters use and fight for. Yet midway through the novel I'd grown a little tired of the brief, episodic chapters that switched between the two leads. This interrupted the flow of my reading, but may be more appreciated by readers who want to read in short bursts. This is a unique, well-plotted work worth spending time with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, War, and Murder

hannahyorkey's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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 have no idea what I just read but it was beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, Murder, and Stalking

gretchotter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

4.25

I really think this would be a five star book if I had a higher IQ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Stalking, and Vomit

molly_rose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Grief, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

erikagibson126's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Torture, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Confinement

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, War, Death, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical content, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Confinement

Minor: Vomit, Colonisation, and Suicide

books4em's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This one totally surprised me, and it’s maiming because of the ending. Blue and Red were very interesting characters to read and I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like this book. The writing was a little hard to understand, especially at the beginning. Blue’s parts were easier to comprehend than Red’s except Red’s got more clear as the book went. The last 50-60 pages is where this book shines - it’s full of twists and turns I didn’t quite expect, especially the last one. If this book didn’t have those pages and it ended differently, I’d probably be giving it 2 stars. It’s one of those books that you have to remember every little detail to see how things connect in the ending, but because of how it’s structured with the letters, it’s easy to flip back and find the parts you need clarification on. There are also a chunk of literary and academic references that aren’t the most accessible and I didn’t know quite a few of them. I didn’t quite like how the very last bit of writing leaves you wondering, I kind of wanted something more concrete for Blue and Red, but it does fit the story. Overall, loved it. It made me laugh at points and drove me crazy. Weird and twisty, but full of war and love. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, and Genocide

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.

zannayo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Definitely a lot of purple prose here, so if that puts you off then best be warned now. It felt a bit gratuitous at first - a lot of words that don't say much - but it really grew on me after only a few chapters. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: Confinement