Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

23 reviews

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

manarnia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

This book had me SCREAMING (good screams) throughout. It was so good and also unique while full of familiar tropes. It rides the line between metaphor and literal SO WELL. I loved it, okay.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

li_reading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

"I like you to know, with my words in your mouth, the places and ways in which I think of you."

If you ever need a reason to believe in love again, read this book.

Alternatively, if you ever want to spend hours staring at the ceiling lamenting the fact you are not a lethal otherworldly being exchanging love letters threats with your equally lethal, equally otherworldly opponent... Read this book.

It is in and of itself a love letter to language. There is not a line within its pages I do not adore.
And, my proof:

I tab with navy if, and only if, a line makes me stop dead, makes me think "holy shit.", demands that I read it 10 times over before I can move on. I use them sparingly. I used 18. In a book with not so much as 200 pages.

Read this book and mourn the fact you will never again read a love letter this beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Body horror, Medical content, Torture, and Vomit