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Graphic: Death
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Cannibalism, War
Moderate: Death, Sexual content
- What an inventive, emotional, and thought provoking book THE MINISTRY OF TIME is.
- This book is what I would call literary sci-fi, which is one of my favorite genre mashups. It’s also quite heavily character focused, with most of the action happening in the last third of the book.
- Despite my usual love of plot-heavy books, I was immediately drawn into the story of our unnamed narrator and her displaced-from-time charge.
- It’s easy to see how much research Bradley put into this book, but it never loses the intense emotion amid the historical tidbits.
- I don’t even have the space to touch on the elements of race, survivor’s guilt, and of catching someone up on centuries of history. There is so much going on in this book and I’m going to be thinking about all the pieces of it for a long time to come.
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, War
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Slavery, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, War
I enjoyed the spy thriller aspect of the novel as well, but not as much as the romance and character building. Unfortunately, this element takes over the plot towards the end of the book, and I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the first 75%. I won't get into spoilers, but more time-travel based plot also comes into play here which I also didn't like (and am a little confused on the ending).
All in all, I really enjoyed most of this book, but the ending fell a little flat for me. I think it's a very strong debut and I look forward to keeping an eye on Bradley in the future!
Graphic: Death, Gun violence
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Murder, Colonisation
Minor: Cannibalism
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Lesbophobia, Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cannibalism