Reviews tagging 'Body horror'
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
175 reviews
arlaubscher's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
babudarabu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Murder
Minor: Body horror, War, Animal death, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide
solarel's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
It’s poetic and I don’t think I was supposed to understand everything at first. It brings a blossoming understanding as you read and learn with the characters.
Graphic: Death and Body horror
melshoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: War and Blood
Minor: Body horror
woolgatherer's review against another edition
3.0
The novella heavily relies on the characters to carry the story, which I don't think is entirely an issue. I thought the epistolary approach was a really unique way to reveal the relationship between Red and Blue, as well as to help push the story along. However, I wasn't entirely taken to this romance. I had too many questions that might have been addressed if there was more worldbuilding. I think if the authors fleshed out their dystopian world some more so the reader could follow what was happening and why, the novella would have been far more compelling. It also would have greatly developed Red and Blue as characters because their motives would have been clearer.
Something else that stood out to me about this novella was the prose. It's very purple-y prose, which will work for some, while others will hate it. It was clear that a lot of thought went into each sentence, especially in the letters. Admittedly, I did find the flowery language to be a bit much at times, but it wasn't a negative for me in general.
TIHYLTTW clearly worked for many people, though, with many fans expressing their love for the slow burn sapphic romance. So, there's also the fact that I'm not much of a romance person (as I've probably made clear in many reflections/ramblings), and maybe I just wasn't the target audience.
Overall, I wasn't particularly frustrated with this novella, but I'm not fully understanding the adoration for it either.
Moderate: Death, War, Body horror, and Violence
Minor: Torture
theirgracegrace's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, and War
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Cursing
Minor: Colonisation, Genocide, and Pandemic/Epidemic
morningsunwildflower's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I even confused one MC for the other for 30% of the middle of the book somehow. Not the worse read, but not a very enjoyable one either.
I do think I was not in the best of place to read it. Commuting in the morning does not produce the clearest mind.
Graphic: Body horror and War
julieyael's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Written in an exchange of letters, with a background of time travel and wars, it’s an ode to hope.
I sometimes found the text confusing or a bit difficult to read, very poetic, with peculiar words (I am not an english native-speaker), but I liked the lyrism.
It’s a recommended read, with an interesting world building (we learn the specificities in the course of the story).
Strangely, even if it’s science fiction and peculiar characters, the message of the book feels universal.
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Body horror
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Torture
peachypy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, War, Body horror, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder
abmochapman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Body horror