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beatricewaslost's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
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? No
5.0
hiraethhypernova's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
joshuacaps's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
das_hoffman's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
talor_madison's review against another edition
5.0
When I started this book, I wasn’t sure if it was going to live up to the rave reviews. I read the first page and I was confused. We just jump into the action of the time war without any explanation or set up. We meet Red after a battle has taken place and she finds a letter. After that the story just takes off and it can be a little overwhelming. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it.
This is the great thing about this book. Once you get used to the pace of the story and the way the authors chose to tell it, it sucks you in and doesn’t let up until it’s over. I was intrigued by the relationship between Red and Blue, the two opposing agents fighting against each other in this war. Watching their relationship go from almost a cat and mouse like chase, to admiring each other, to falling in love was mesmerizing. It is one of those books that you may have to reread to digest the ending but it will be worth it. For the first time in a long time, I read a book that made me sad to be done when I was finished. If you have not read this book I encourage you to do so. It truly is amazing and will be unlike anything you have ever read before.
This is the great thing about this book. Once you get used to the pace of the story and the way the authors chose to tell it, it sucks you in and doesn’t let up until it’s over. I was intrigued by the relationship between Red and Blue, the two opposing agents fighting against each other in this war. Watching their relationship go from almost a cat and mouse like chase, to admiring each other, to falling in love was mesmerizing. It is one of those books that you may have to reread to digest the ending but it will be worth it. For the first time in a long time, I read a book that made me sad to be done when I was finished. If you have not read this book I encourage you to do so. It truly is amazing and will be unlike anything you have ever read before.
mareee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
charlotterose3's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
jcarr132's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
uselessmathom's review against another edition
1.0
One of the most disappointing books I've read in a long time. With such an interesting concept, I suppose I expected more than just a hundred love letters essentially reiterating the same message. And that is another gripe I have: it didn't really feel like the relationship between Red and Blue had any sort of arc, the tone of their correspondence is pretty much the same first letter to last.
With such scarce worldbuilding and very little detail about the two opposing organisations and their goals, the reader is left with the vaguest of skeletons for an enemies-to-lovers story (which even Good Omens did better, and they aren't even lovers there). This shifts the focus to the emotion and language of this book, which, truth be told, I enjoyed more than it deserved me to. It's a very... Classics nerd meets Arabic poetry enthusiast kind of language. Extremely pink, extremely flowery, but it has a lot of character. The problem is that it doesn't really give the two protagonists different voices, which is all the more jarring given that extremely unique character of the language the letters are written in.
With such scarce worldbuilding and very little detail about the two opposing organisations and their goals, the reader is left with the vaguest of skeletons for an enemies-to-lovers story (which even Good Omens did better, and they aren't even lovers there). This shifts the focus to the emotion and language of this book, which, truth be told, I enjoyed more than it deserved me to. It's a very... Classics nerd meets Arabic poetry enthusiast kind of language. Extremely pink, extremely flowery, but it has a lot of character. The problem is that it doesn't really give the two protagonists different voices, which is all the more jarring given that extremely unique character of the language the letters are written in.