Books: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Here is a book that I really enjoyed. The story of two agents battling against each other through time – with plenty of world building and epic letter writing. This isn’t a particularly long book, but it is chock full of detail, and still I wanted more.

We visit places and get tantalizing glimpses of lives lived and battles lost, and hidden amongst these scenes are communications subtle and nearly invisible except to the intended targets.

I liked how this book handled time travel – not as a gimmick but an essential part of the characters’ lives. The mysteries are well placed and satisfyingly revealed.

After reading the book I was ready to read it again and catch more details, and I almost wish that the authors would spend more time digging deeper into the worlds they created. This book could easily be expanded into an longer epic-scale novel.

One of my favorite books this year – and one I’ll come back to in the future. Next I’m reading The Collector by John Fowles.


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