Reviews - This Is How You Lose the Time War

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This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

4.0 AVERAGE

komalkaurdosanjh's review against another edition

4.0

3.75 starssssss!

quinnyl's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This wasn’t bad in any way, I just never fully got into this book. I loved the nicknames and humor throughout this book and at the same time its ability to hurt me. I almost wish this book was longer so we could get to know the characters and world better.

murderlesscrow's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

felshep23's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful, Outstanding, Fabulous!!!

This book was very different from what I have ever read, but it was perfect.
This story is written by two different authors, with 1 author writing Red's story and the other writing Blue's story. I definitely recommend this for anyone; it's a good, all-around adult sci-fi romance book for people who aren't even into sci-fi or romance

SPOILERS BELOW*****

There are 2 factions at war against each other that are looking for a new place to live. Red and Blue are leaders in the search for their faction's home, but they are also at war against each other.

Red and blue start writing letters to each other at first about who would win the war and what would happen to the other faction. As letters go on, red and blue start to fall for each other, and they would do anything to leave their faction and be together.

The letters are just beautiful; every single one has a heart and soul to it.

Letter from blue " It occurs to me to dwell on what a microcosm we are if the war as a whole, you and I. The physics of us. An action and an equal and opposite reaction. My viny-hivey elfworld, as you say, versus your techy-mechy dystopia. We both know it's nothing so simple, any more than a letter's reply is its opposite. But which egg preceded what platypus? The end don't always resemble our means"

Red's letter: " You wish you could hold me at knifepoint again. You do, still in a way. So long as I bear these last three seeds in a hollow behind my eye, you are a blade against my back. I love the danger of it. Besides, I am not so naive as to think your posting to this strand entirely lacks purpose. Your garden works slowly, work through lives. it burrows you deep, and through you wreaks great change, while we strive upon the surface."