Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

85 reviews

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. The pacing is mostly quite well done. The characters are wonderful and there’s a lot of diversity in the cast. My only gripe is that the absolute ending of the main driving plot feels a bit rushed thus slightly anticlimactic. I even really like the denouement. Overall, this book is highly recommended 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

The triggers are mostly of the variety of time displaced individuals saying, showing or doing things that they either were allowed to do that are no longer appropriate in the contemporary world of most of the rest of the story or the opposite, indulging in things that they weren’t allowed to do openly before.

mollyrook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I really loved this book! I felt like the ending was a little rushed in comparison with the pacing of the rest of the book, but otherwise a fantastic read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Racial slurs, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Bradley somehow managed to make a book about time travel predictable and tedious. I enjoyed some of the characters very much, but the narrator was frustratingly dumb. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

silversparkles50's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Cannibalism, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

town_scar's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This one may require a reread to fully enjoy it. Perhaps I took too long of a pause in between fits of reading it. At times the language and diction went right over my head, but most of the time I found the craft of this book riveting. Overall I loved the story. It was compelling, messy, and fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, and Slavery

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Beautiful writing. The ending felt a bit rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, and War

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Genocide and War

kimib79's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Too many F words, but otherwise amazing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, and Cannibalism