Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

238 reviews

henyouise's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Overall good, I just got lost when we dived into the nitty-gritty of time travel science 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War

Moderate: Cannibalism

sunbearbeam's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Cannibalism, War

Minor: Vomit

vitasf's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Violence

Minor: Xenophobia, War

laurenhovde's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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

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There are times where I felt lost but overall a very strong book. There’s obviously lots of media surrounding time travel, but rarely one that takes a deep dive into what significance time travel may hold culturally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism

allielkweg's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Colonisation

Minor: Racial slurs, Vomit, Medical content

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism

taryn_g's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content

wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

stormeno's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Gore, War

darlingmermaiddarlings's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is so fascinating. It’s mostly brutal with a dash of hope. Some parts are extremely well-done, and others (like the “romance” which is more like obsession) feel like they could’ve used some more work. As a sci-fi fan, I would’ve liked more of that plot.

I love what the author did by

never naming the main character, making you fully inhabit her mind, even as you grow to hate her for being kind of a sociopath and making such ridiculous choices. Her inability to question almost anything had me tearing my hair out. But still, I enjoyed the read.

And I loved Arthur and Maggie.

I wouldn’t say I’d whole heartedly recommend it, but I’ll definitely be thinking about this book for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Cannibalism

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism