Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

22 reviews

abookwormspov's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Medical trauma, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

mileahst's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

this was really interesting and weird, but i loved the emotions in it. i’ve gathered many quotes out of this one

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Content Warnings

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

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Colonisation, Animal death, Death, and War

esme_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Unbelievably gorgeously written. Absolutely loved it from start to finish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Grief, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Gore, Murder, and Body horror

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

nataliapassos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Incrível. Fazendo jus ao tema de viagem no tempo, o livro te dá respostas desde o primeiro capítulo que só podem ser percebidas quando se lê as últimas páginas. As reviravoltas do final me deixaram, literalmente, de queixo caído. A prosa é linda, poética, e me deu vontade de marcar páginas inteiras, reler tudo imediatamente depois de fechar o livro, sair escrevendo cartas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, Death, Grief, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Vomit

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

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.

k_aro's review

hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! Honestly, aside from the whole time-travelling shtick (which, I mean, it's called This Is How You Lose The Time War), I wasn't very aware of what the book was about. I think the way the book throws you in media res without really explaining what's going on is quite nice.

I'm also a big fan of epistolary novels, I loved The Guersney Literary Potato Peel Pie Society, so this was right up my alley.

And that ending! I had had a feeling it would have a circular ending (it's really the only time travel shenanigan that involves back and forth that works), and it works so nicely. There's another media, it's on the tip of my tongue but for the life of me I cannot remember it, that when I finished the book I was reminded of. Maybe Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood? But I don't really think that involves too much cyclicality, so I cannot remember it.

I do think Red kissing Blue to give her the antidote was a little weirdchamp... but then I'm assuming Red and Blue were once children. Maybe that's wrong.

I also think that the lack of complete closure works, though it's obviously a little sad to not see their 'happily-ever-after.'

Ultimately, it didn't blow my mind, but it was a really good book, and I'd recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism and Torture

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

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War