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This Is How You Lose the Time War
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* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * "[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That's how war works, right? Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.Show more
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I love this book; it gets better and better the more you read it. The writing is beautiful and grabs my soul. Poetry more than prose. I highly recommend reading this book.
It wasn't what I was expecting, more poetry than science-fiction. That said, it was an interesting read and had some twists I didn't see coming.
The thing about This is How You Lose The Time War Is that the moment I connected to it, it ended. It was interesting and I liked the almost theoretical way in which the two characters communicated. I was drawn by Sapphic Enemies to Lovers and the world, much like Harrow The Ninth. But also like Harrow, I spent a lot of time lost in the sounds of the words and therefore never grasped their meaning. In the end. I got it. But too late for my gua...read more
I didn't hate it, but I also didn't totally love it. The concept is unique, the intrigue and spy vs. spy turned love story was beautifully done, but some of it just...dragged. The writing on one side got very over the top flourishy and prose and my eyes glazed over quite a bit. It was somewhat predictable but also had some unique twists.
So, I didn't hate it, but getting to the end felt like a homework assignment.
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