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A review by lentils1012
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
I heard that this book is good, but I still didn't expect that I would love it that much! :)
At first I really tried to understand the worldbuilding and the war, but after some time I realized that I enjoyed it way more by focusing on the characters and their story rather than on the story of the world itself.
The relationship developing throughout the letters and the writing was really beautiful (it also made me feel a bit dumb sometimes, but oh well).
Also, that was what made it fun to annotate the book, you can find phrases, words and stylistic devices to interpret literally everywhere :)
At first I really tried to understand the worldbuilding and the war, but after some time I realized that I enjoyed it way more by focusing on the characters and their story rather than on the story of the world itself.
The relationship developing throughout the letters and the writing was really beautiful (it also made me feel a bit dumb sometimes, but oh well).
Also, that was what made it fun to annotate the book, you can find phrases, words and stylistic devices to interpret literally everywhere :)