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

Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

I'm surprised by how much I disliked this. Sci-fi and generational epics are, like, my thing. But there was nothing that appealed to me here. It feels like story took a backseat to the pretentiously descriptive prose. The writing didn't feel smart, it felt like someone pretending at depth. There was no characterization, no worldbuilding, just scraps of random, bare minimum "exposition" that weren't interesting enough to keep my attention. Blue's letters read like parody of a Tumblr blorbo. I wanted to stop after the first few chapters, but I pushed through for a few more, hoping they would get better. They did not.