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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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shiradfrankel's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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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trollmila's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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
I found there was a few times where I felt there was too much foreshadowing. I finished it with a heavy (positive) feeling in my torso. It was interesting and engaging and I love the expats so much. The main character never gets named and I love that choice.
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seregelda's review against another edition

4.0
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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
CW: blood, smoking, animal deaths, gore, r*pe, racism, death, genital slur, racial slur, murder, suicide mention, vomit, homophobia

Oh my goodness, twisty twisty and a sad-ish ending, but a good book nonetheless!
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alanaefarrell's review against another edition

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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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moebrownie's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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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xkwright's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional reflective 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: Complicated
Loved this one. I want to reread it knowing what I know about the ending and see how that experience is different!
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fluffballpanda's review against another edition

2.75
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Just kinda weird. I wanted to love it wish it was either mystery or romance 
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geekmom's review against another edition

4.5
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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
This book is incredibly grabby (Jo Walton's fantastic word for a book that pulls you in and won't let you get anything else done because you are compelled to read it). It never occurred to me to wonder about the answer to the question "If Connie Willis wrote about what would happen if a bunch of UK academics had a time machine, then what would happen if the UK government did so instead?" But I'm glad Kaliane Bradley decided to write a book in answer to that question. 
The result is a very interesting book that succeeds at what it tries to do, but is at times just a little bit heavy-handed with the interpretation of the issues it explores. 
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schubertan's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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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goeagles91n's review against another edition

1.25
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I cannot understand how this book is so popular. It tries to be every genre (romance, science fiction, historical fiction, mystery) without effectively being even one genre. It offers way too many details during the most disturbing parts of the book at the end and uses some of the most well-worn time travel tropes indiscriminately, throwing in plot twists that seem used only to try and distinguish this book from other time travel books (and make up for the whole “this book is about time travel and makes no sense, so we won’t bother trying to explain it to you” disclaimer in the first 10 pages, which is nothing if not lazy writing). The conclusion makes no sense and answers no questions, and the main protagonist somehow both is impacted severely by generational and current day traumas that define her character throughout the book and somehow “cured” via one internal monologue that lasts slightly over one page in the last five pages. The protagonist also bashes therapy multiple times, which I found hugely distasteful.

I should end with this books sole redeeming qualities, which were: (1) the author’s investigations into the multifaceted nature of identity, which were unfortunately too scarce throughout the book to make a read worthwhile; and (2) the commentary on immigration, which while shoehorned in felt important for the year 2025.

In short, don’t waste your time, and consider rewatching Dr. Who if you want to ponder time travel.
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