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A review by fromthefoxhole
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
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
Okay let me break this review down into two parts.
1. This book is dense, the world building is abstract and vague, and you get next to 0 answers about any of those questions. I literally texted a friend of mine like "am I too stupid for this book??" because for the first third I felt like I was lost in the sauce.
2. If/when it clicks for you, this book is phenomenal. All of the world questions and googling the references they make kind of fall away, revealing the beating heart within.
More than anything, it's a love story. The lengths to which Blue and Red will go for one another know few boundaries.
I have a lot of feelings so I might edit and add more later lol
1. This book is dense, the world building is abstract and vague, and you get next to 0 answers about any of those questions. I literally texted a friend of mine like "am I too stupid for this book??" because for the first third I felt like I was lost in the sauce.
2. If/when it clicks for you, this book is phenomenal. All of the world questions and googling the references they make kind of fall away, revealing the beating heart within.
More than anything, it's a love story. The lengths to which Blue and Red will go for one another know few boundaries.
I have a lot of feelings so I might edit and add more later lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Murder, Body horror, Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cursing