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sarai0410 's review for:
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I feel like I am too smooth-brained to adequately put into words my thoughts and feelings of this book. The writing was gorgeous and felt like a true back and forth between Red and Blue - the letters were by far the best part. As their relationship blossoms and the tone within the letters shifts, their words to one another were beautiful and heartbreaking. This story is one that would do well on a reread - there's so much that can be reexamined in the search for clues that were previously missed.
Unfortunately, being smooth-brained didn't lend itself to understanding the world-building (or lack thereof?) and I still can't decide if that's really a bad thing or not. The obscurity of the world really brings the focus to Red and Blue, allowing the reader to forget the rest.
Unfortunately, being smooth-brained didn't lend itself to understanding the world-building (or lack thereof?) and I still can't decide if that's really a bad thing or not. The obscurity of the world really brings the focus to Red and Blue, allowing the reader to forget the rest.
But when I think of you, I want to be alone together. I want to strive against and for. I want to live in contact. I want to be a context for you, and you for me. I love you, and I love you, and I want to find out what that means together.
At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you.