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

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

• Uh, whoa. Gotta read super slowly at first because the world is very sci-fi 

• Confusing as it is, it’s cinematic for what I can grasp 

• I think I’m about to get to the good part, but idk how worth it it’s gonna be because even if it’s REALLY good, I still had to get through the crazy chunk in the beginning 

• Tbh I don’t really understand where their love is coming from 

• I also have stopped fully trying to understand the sci-fi talk because I can it’s not going to be relevant anyway . . . and I don’t like when there’s anything in a book that isn’t relevant. What a waste! 

• Nicknaming a lover “strawberry” is cute. Original 

• It almost feels like sci-fi Shakespeare. I need an interpreter or someone smarter than me to help disentangle some of these sentences and paragraphs. 

• “I love you, and I love you, and I want to find out what that means together.” Finally! Pg 131, we finally got somethin 

• “I hate it. I never hated before, like I hate this. With all you are to me, and all you’ll always be, we can’t just go. We can’t just walk away. But I will, if it leaves you living.” Again, okay! Pg 150 

• I have no idea what I just read ♥️ those authors are dorky as hell