small_gift811 's review for:

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

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book will reward re-reading, mulling over & reading outside reviews. It is complex, romantic, full of hope & despair all at the same time. Is the conclusion that

we must break away from more collective identities correct

?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, War

Minor: Confinement, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail