Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

238 reviews

atamano's review against another edition

3.0

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

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Cannibalism, Alcohol, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

town_scar's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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: Yes

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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, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Slavery

zombiezami's review against another edition

3.5

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

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Beautiful writing. The ending felt a bit rushed.

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

kirstym25's review against another edition

3.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Cannibalism, Murder

Minor: Genocide, War

kimib79's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

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Too many F words, but otherwise amazing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Cannibalism

franklola's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny mysterious sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

skyfluff's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I originally heard about this title through Book of the Month and was intrigued by the synopsis. 

“The Ministry of Time” follows a civil servant who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to work within a newly formed government agency. The government has decided to take “expats” throughout history and bring them to present day, and it is this nameless civil servant’s job to help these people acclimate to life of the future. Her latest assignment is working with Graham Gore, a man from 1845 who has on a doomed arctic expedition. 

This book was fine, but it took me a lot longer to get into than I was expecting. I was expecting a story about time travel to feel much more fast paced and hook my attention right away, but unfortunately it took me about half of the book to actually be interested in the characters, and by that point it had been too long for me to really form a relationship with the characters and care about what they were doing. 

I think the author’s approach to time travel was fine. It is always a tricky situation to try and discuss time travel because it is so nuanced and it is very easy to get lost or get details wrong. I think the author tied up any loose ends about time travel well enough. There is one “reveal” that does make me question the validity of the time travel and if the ending is wrapped up as well as it seems to be presented. 

The civil servant and Graham inevitably fall in love and it felt very unnecessary to me. I never felt like they had a lot of chemistry or really anything in common. It felt like they were forced to live together as part of this assignment and they decided to hook up because of proximity, not because they were each other’s great love through all of time and space. 

If you are looking for a mild romance with a slight air of mystery, all centered around time travel, then I suppose this book might be for you!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking

Minor: Cannibalism

lindsayerin's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

amanda_mh's review against another edition

3.0

challenging funny tense medium-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

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I really liked the concept of this book- I thought it was really cool having these ‘expats’ pulled from their time period and be integrating in modern society. The beginning was quite comedic and fun as our nameless main character was introducing Commander Gore to the 21st century conveniences. I’ve lately been into Sci-Fi books so this was definitely up my alley, it made me think and had me guessing the entire time I did not see the ending coming at all. It is more of a character study less action, and you are never really sure what is going on with the ministry which I liked. 

I built up a major glossary while reading this book, many new words I did not know… which made it challenging to read as I looked up words every few pages(and I read a lot of different books). The author really wanted and tried to back everything into this book about the modern world. 
 It’s worth looking into this book if sci-fi time travel is your thing, and check trigger warnings too! Overall glad I read it and definitely has kept me interested in reading more books featuring time travel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, Classism