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A review by chelsloukelly
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
2.0
2.5/5 Stars: ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
→ Age Range: Adult.
→ Genre: LGBT+, Science Fiction.
→ Trigger Warnings: War, Violence, Gore.
In-depth Rating:
→ Plot: ★★★
→ Character Development: ★★
→ Setting: ★★
→ Entertainment Level: ★★
→ Writing: ★★★★
General Comments: A strange, middling and beguiling novella; with a precise, cut-glass prose – poetic and pragmatic at once – deeply compelling characters and tensely rewarding conclusions, this is a truly striking piece of fiction. It is so remarkably well-written, with a real cadence to language, that at times it became mostly unfathomable; over-bearing the plot – it needed a little more clarity and exposition.
Favourite Quote: ‘Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.’
Time Read: One Day.
→ Audiobook: No.
→ Audiobook Narrator: -
→ Age Range: Adult.
→ Genre: LGBT+, Science Fiction.
→ Trigger Warnings: War, Violence, Gore.
In-depth Rating:
→ Plot: ★★★
→ Character Development: ★★
→ Setting: ★★
→ Entertainment Level: ★★
→ Writing: ★★★★
General Comments: A strange, middling and beguiling novella; with a precise, cut-glass prose – poetic and pragmatic at once – deeply compelling characters and tensely rewarding conclusions, this is a truly striking piece of fiction. It is so remarkably well-written, with a real cadence to language, that at times it became mostly unfathomable; over-bearing the plot – it needed a little more clarity and exposition.
Favourite Quote: ‘Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.’
Time Read: One Day.
→ Audiobook: No.
→ Audiobook Narrator: -