Paul reviewed This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone
Review of 'This is How You Lose the Time War' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Just finished reading this book and I have no idea what the plot is. There's a character called Red and another one called Blue, and they like each other but are opposite sides in a war and... that's about it. I'm not even sure what the Time War was or how it's in any way connected to the title. There's nothing wrong with any given line of prose - the authors can clearly write well in that sense - but there's no character development (or characters for that matter, beyond Red/Blue), no story, no anything really.
I'm clearly missing something though as it's won lots of awards and has plenty of five star reviews. If you think you might like it, check out the charity shops in my area shortly as you'll be able to pick up a copy practically brand new for less than the £10 cover price.