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A review by ronda_bowen
This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Not a fan. 30% in I still don't get what's going on or why, and I'm not invested in it.
I went back...the next day and finished it in a sitting. I just needed to have stayed with it a little longer. I like the language in the book. I feel like the authors could have done more with grounding the plot and characters. But overall, I finished it and enjoyed it. I would have rated it higher if It didn't make me put it down 1/3 in... but I did keep thinking about it enough to come back to it.
I went back...the next day and finished it in a sitting. I just needed to have stayed with it a little longer. I like the language in the book. I feel like the authors could have done more with grounding the plot and characters. But overall, I finished it and enjoyed it. I would have rated it higher if It didn't make me put it down 1/3 in... but I did keep thinking about it enough to come back to it.