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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

97 reviews

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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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This book manages to be somehow incredibly fluffy and comforting, and yet intensely sharp and challenging at the same time. Bradley uses the notion of time travel to hold up a mirror to institutions, cycles, complacency, and identity, maintaining an endearing sense of humor and a shocking degree of behavioral awareness throughout. With a debut this strong, I will certainly be keeping an eye on her work to come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation

kelly93's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious 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

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Strikes me as similar to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - not in plot but in tone. The vocabulary of this book alone sets it apart from most.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Cannibalism

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, War

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

sarahlreadseverything's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Gun violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation

gbeene's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: No

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I generally enjoyed the story as a whole; however, the last 20% of the story, truly the plot-dense portion of the novel, was incredibly rushed. The verbiage was somewhat pedantic (even considering that characters were from different centuries with different language). The novel would’ve been better had it not tried to touch on so many genres. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

wtv's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Cannibalism

emilyseebold's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Graphic: Death, Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

hanz's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, War

Minor: Genocide

itsheyfay's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A very neat premise with beautiful passages of writing and fun dynamics with the side characters. However, the pacing felt off (it was tiger too slow or too fast). The big reveals at the end could have been better detailed from the beginning so I actually felt satisfied learning the truth. Either that or I had just lost all interest in the plot 🤷🏼‍♀️

Plus, the romantic element didn’t sit well with me.

Still, I appreciate what the author has put together and I still encourage people to give this book a chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Cannibalism