Who recommended This Is How You Lose the Time War?

5 people have recommended This Is How You Lose the Time War in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Tim Ferriss, Ezra Klein and Craig Newmark. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is This Is How You Lose the Time War worth reading?

5 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a creative‑writing student studying voice who wants a short example of how epistolary form and poetic language can carry character and intimacy — useful between assignments because it's one sitting or a few short sessions; a speculative‑fiction reader tired of puzzle‑heavy hard SF who now prefers character focus; this fits when you want a compact, emotional take on time travel rather than detailed mechanics; a romance reader who enjoys enemies‑to‑lovers arcs and intense, small‑cast relationships — good for someone wanting a single, concentrated romantic experience instead of a series or long sweep. It may not suit: you'll likely put it down when the letters keep piling up without clear plot answers — the accumulation of ornate, elliptical prose is the common drop‑off point; annoying if you prefer explicit worldbuilding or technical explanations; the novella favors suggestion over detailed mechanics; lose interest if you expect steady action or many characters — it's intimate and compressed, so readers wanting sprawling scope will feel constrained.

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This Is How You Lose the Time War: Recommended by 5 People

Name: This Is How You Lose the Time War
Author: Amal elMohtar

Two timetraveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters_x0097_and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from awardwinning authors AmalEl Mohtar and Max Gladstone.Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unli...