This is a novel deeply invested in communication—not just between the characters, but also reflecting the collaboration between its two authors, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Expect yearning, betrayal, and lyrical prose so mesmerizing it drip-feeds you information, keeping you utterly captivated.It truly feels like a book of two distinct halves. The initial 70 or so pages can be quite baffling on the first read. You're tasked with navigating some complex sci-fi world-building before you can ...

‘I want to be a context for you, and you for me.’There's something uniquely affecting when love is painted against the backdrop of limitless space and time. It's been done before, but nothing can prepare you for the extraordinary beauty in which *This Is How You Lose the Time War* lets you experience love stretching and weaving across time and dimensions, exploring just how infinite it can be. A spark of emotion shines through galaxies turned to dust, the countless rises and falls of mortal empi...

I don't know how to write five-star reviews. Give me a book I hate, and I’ll write a full-on thesis about it. Case in point: Just yesterday, I spent *one whole hour* on a seven-page, one-star rant of a review. And honestly? Time well spent. But when it comes to something I truly love? I’m illiterate. Can’t read. Can’t write. Call me Jared, 19. What am I doing on this book site? Couldn’t tell you. I WANT to scream about **This Is How You Lose the Time War** by Amal El-Mohtar from the rooftops....

Reread in 2023, still slaps.---This is the most fun I've had with this kind of writing style in ages! *This Is How You Lose the Time War* by Amal El-Mohtar is such a creative, abstract, lyrical, and beautifully written love story that I not only re-listened to each chapter twice on audiobook, but I also borrowed the ebook so I could soak up the writing with my own eyes. Seriously, there were so many sensory experiences and gorgeously crafted letters. The cat-and-mouse game between Red and Blue i...

This book is seriously confusing because you get lines like, “Dearest, deepest Blue— At the end as at the start, and through all the in-betweens, I love you,” and all you can think is, oh…

And then there’s the small detail that I had absolutely no freaking clue what was going on in *This Is How You Lose the Time War* by Amal El-Mohtar. Honestly, if you're looking for thought-provoking science fiction book reviews, this might be it, but be prepared to be baffled!

So many of my Goodreads pals are absolutely obsessed with this book. I just didn't get it. I never really understood why the characters fell for each other; there's no real explanation of what's actually going on with either side in the war, and the writing style was just too…much for me. It's super literary and poetic, all fancy words and not a lot of meat. Just wasn't my cup of tea. If you're looking for in-depth book reviews, this one's a pass, unfortunately. Amal El-Mohtar's *This Is How You...

Okay, I'm just going to be honest: "This Is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar made me feel incredibly stupid. And I don't think it's necessarily the book's fault, but the blend of dense sci-fi concepts with super-flowery, poetic prose just didn't gel for me. I was completely lost the entire time I was reading this. I finished "This Is How You Lose the Time War" and I still have absolutely no clue what actually happened. If you're looking for a challenging sci-fi book review, this migh...

Trying to describe *This Is How You Lose the Time War* is a real challenge for any reviewer. The moment you start putting words down, you hit a wall. How do you explain the plot without giving away any spoilers? If you're looking for a **book review** that doesn't reveal too much, keep reading. I can tell you that the first thread in this loosely woven story comes in the form of a letter. The first one is just for show, a moment of self-indulgence, but it starts Red's journey through time, the ...

Around 2 stars, maybe less.Ultimately, I just don't have enough of a romantic bone in my body to truly enjoy *This Is How You Lose the Time War*. The entire draw hinges on the ornate, almost excessively poetic language used in the love letters exchanged between two post-human women warring across time. Personally, I find love poetry more pretentious and cloying than genuinely amorous or moving. (Can you even call it romantic when one character calls the other "Dearest Blue-da-ba-dee"? Seriously?...

I don't even know how to explain the deep, aching love I have for this book, so I’m just going to drop some quotes that really hit me:“it is such luxury to dwell in things details—to share them with you. I want, Red— I want to give you things.”“Words, Hurt. I can hide in words so long as I scatter them through my body; to read your letters is to gather flowers from within myself, pluck a blossom here, a fern there, arrange and rearrange them in ways to suit a sunny room”“love, Blue”“I want to ch...