Reviews

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

bendlou67's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

The writing is very specific so a little hard to get into at the start but once I got used to it, it was very enticing to read and such a beautiful romance to blossom

aplatt23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

naquare's review against another edition

There is a lot of ambiguity, that is difficult to parse through. It takes a while to get through and I’m not invested

phedre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

This would have been a five star book if it made more sense.  Half the time I was reading (or more) I had no clue what was going on.  But the way the book was written was just so damn good too.  The letters got better and better, as did the love story between Red and Blue.  This was so much better than I thought it would be.  I look forward to future me reading this again and hopefully getting more out of the story.

abbymulligan's review against another edition

5.0

dear lord. the imagery.

karrama's review against another edition

5.0

Hands down the most beautifully written book I've read in years, This Is How You Lose the Time War is a story written in epistolary form between Red and Blue, two opposing mid-level cogs in a larger machine trying to right the wrongs of the multiverse's integrated strands.

wigggleworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

jaycereadss's review against another edition

2.0

Good, but took me forever to listen to a six-hour audiobook at 3x speed. Not for me, but if you liked it, great!

2.75 stars

berubry's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

elmtreebooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful surreal epistolary novella. This was the slow burn, enemies to lovers sapphic romance I wanted Priory of An Orange Tree to be, but this book soars everywhere that story failed. 

It’s romanticism, it’s poetry, it’s a symphony of sonnets. The sci fi elements are only the setting to enable the impossible. And it’s my favorite trope: the villain willing to burn down the whole world just to save their love. Ah, priorities. 

It won’t be for everyone but it definitely was for me.