Some people’ve reviewed This is How You Lose the Time War. I haven’t read any of the other reviews yet. The reason I picked this book up is because of a random Subreddit I found one day. Pictures are provided and then books suggested based on feelings. In this Subreddit, I found. “Pick me a book that feels like…”
No talking about relationships
First, I don’t want to talk about the main thing that I think people review. I don’t really want to discuss the relationship between the main characters. I think it’s poignant, and I think the point is that they never really get to “be” together, and I don’t have any other thoughts. Meant to be, it’s tragic. In this book review of This is How You Lose the Time War.
Well Described is Time Travel
Second, the main premise in the book: time travel. The time travel element was both fascinated and well-done. Also, I was able to picture the characters moving through time in a way that made sense to me. I appreciate the author for having the skill to write such a complicated topic in such a way that made it so easy to visualize.
Writing letters
Third, and the thing I really want to talk about, is the epistolary element. I love this. I found myself rushing through pages, just waiting to get to the next letter to see what Red wrote to Blue or vice versa. By writing in this way, the author was able to lay out parts of the world that the characters would not have known on their own. Because they didn’t know much about each other’s societies, the letter writing gave them a look. This is a great way to world-build without stopping the story. In this way, the author was able to build tension while world-building.
Writers should read
This book is a good example of how to use epistolary elements in a story and why a writer would use this tactic. If you are an aspiring writer who’s interested in writing a story with back-and-forth correspondence between two or more characters. Then, I suggest reading this book. I could write all day about the many forms this type of writing can take on, but at the end of the day, what it comes down to. This fantastic book is a great example of epistolary writing.
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