believe me it makes me incredibly sad to not like this. i own this book and have anticipated reading it for so long, and for me it fell horrifically flat.
•the prose was just too flowery to me, and Red and Blue sounded exactly the same. which doesn’t make sense because they’re from completely different societies with seemingly very different values and ideals!!!
•the time war in the title? barely mentioned in the book :( very sad i was so intrigued by that
•i was also just confused by everything happening. ik every review praises the writing but i found it too vague to fully understand.
•Red and Blue fall in love with zero buildup and i was like “did i miss something???”
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Red fully kisses very small child Blue. on the mouth. jesus fucking christ

i feel so bad for not liking this, and was worried that like “do i just not get it cause im not sapphic? is it cause i dont experience romantic attraction? am i just plain stupid and all these other reviewers are right???” but,,,, no. there are plenty of sapphic romances i’ve loved. it’s just this specific one that i deeply don’t click with. jesus christ this is really the year of “shane finally gets around to books he’s anticipated for such a long time and then they are massive disappointments”