shinysquares 's review for:

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

5.0

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This book—I, I... it’s gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. The epistolary format is beautifully heart-wrenching, and in the anachronistic chaos of the narrative structure, these “letters” pin down the complicated map of this world and the character’s emotions. If it would be possible to highlight the entire book and quote it on Goodreads, I would. Each sentence is a work of art, and the adjective-adverb-phrasing-syntax-pacing combines in a kind of masterful dessert that only a true chef could bake. I want to re-devour this book and identify each ingredient individually, but a masterpiece like this is best consumed in a few, glorious bites, isn’t it? Suffice to say, if you write me letters like this, my heart is yours. Too bad the book already did.