This Is How You Lose the Time War

This Is How You Lose the Time War

2019 • 223 pages

Ratings1,120

Average rating3.9

15

I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Maybe I need to read it in print or ebook to appreciate the poetic language and imagery more. I just wanted more plot, and maybe that's a limitation of the epistolary form. As much as I love time travel and science fiction, I do think I will give this another chance in print or ebook instead of listening to it.

These are some quotes I liked a lot:

“PS. The keyboard's coated with slow-acting contact poison. You'll be dead in an hour. PPS. Just kidding! Or . . . am I? PPPS. I'm just screwing with you. But postscripts sure are fun!”

“The decision forms like a jewel in her stomach. Hope may be a dream. But she will fight to make it real.”

“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another. Keep reading. Keep writing. Keep fighting. We're all still here.”

January 30, 2020