This Is How You Lose the Time War

I think this novella was a mistake in format. I would have enjoyed this much better in almost any other way. A full length novel could have really fleshed out the two characters and especially the world, which is felt was both focused on too heavily and also underdeveloped. A movie would probably be incredible, as would a miniseries. I even think if this was adapted into a graphic novel, I would love it.

But I thought it was a pretty poor novella. The writing style was nice but needlessly esoteric to the point where it was hard for me to visualize what was happening and how they got from point A to B in several instances. And the escalating “plot” just seems to kick in and be resolved and then have a twist all way too quickly. It just needed more room to breathe. It especially feels like a shame to build this whole conflict/time war/universe thing merely for this novella.