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A review by spellbindingtomes
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
4.0
๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
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This Is How You Lose the Time War is a masterpiece that weaves together the seemingly impossible: a time-traveling epistolary romance that is both epic in scope and intimately personal. The story follows two agents, Red and Blue, who operate on opposing sides of a vast temporal war, manipulating different strands of time to shape the future according to their respective factions' desires.
I was hooked from the very first letter and, honestly, Emily Woo Zeller's captivating voice as she narrated Blue's character. The relationship between her and Red unfolds through letters hidden across time and space, evolving from rivalry to something far more profound. Their romance was brutally raw yet painstakingly beautiful โ two broken individuals who, amid the cruelty of their endless war, discover an unbreakable bond that transcends time itself ๐ฅน
I did have to slow down my audio speed and rewind a couple of times in the beginning because it took awhile to grasp the concept and get a handle on the writing, but once I got past that, this was absolutely breathtaking and poetic.
This is a story that proves love can flourish in the most unlikely places โ even in the spaces between moments, in the gaps between what was and what could be. It's a testament to the power of connection in a universe that seems designed to keep them apart, and a reminder that sometimes the most beautiful things grow in the harshest environments.
What to expect:
๐บtime travel
๐นscience fiction
๐บepistolary novella
๐นsapphic romance
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This Is How You Lose the Time War is a masterpiece that weaves together the seemingly impossible: a time-traveling epistolary romance that is both epic in scope and intimately personal. The story follows two agents, Red and Blue, who operate on opposing sides of a vast temporal war, manipulating different strands of time to shape the future according to their respective factions' desires.
I was hooked from the very first letter and, honestly, Emily Woo Zeller's captivating voice as she narrated Blue's character. The relationship between her and Red unfolds through letters hidden across time and space, evolving from rivalry to something far more profound. Their romance was brutally raw yet painstakingly beautiful โ two broken individuals who, amid the cruelty of their endless war, discover an unbreakable bond that transcends time itself ๐ฅน
I did have to slow down my audio speed and rewind a couple of times in the beginning because it took awhile to grasp the concept and get a handle on the writing, but once I got past that, this was absolutely breathtaking and poetic.
This is a story that proves love can flourish in the most unlikely places โ even in the spaces between moments, in the gaps between what was and what could be. It's a testament to the power of connection in a universe that seems designed to keep them apart, and a reminder that sometimes the most beautiful things grow in the harshest environments.
What to expect:
๐บtime travel
๐นscience fiction
๐บepistolary novella
๐นsapphic romance