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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

98 reviews

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

lauramcc7's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War

juliaureads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was so fun. I loved the humor, the “man out of time” aspect, and the relatable attempts to explain our modern world. About halfway through, this pivoted in a a great way to a spy novel. Fast pacing kept me turning the pages. The ending kinda broke my brain. But in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Alcohol

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

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I think it’s hard to pitch a book that bends genre like this one does, but maybe because of that, this book wasn’t exactly what i expected. I expected a rom-com full of musings on modern-day society and it was that but it was also government intrigue and assassinations and betrayal and unanswerable questions about morality. Also I don’t know why I didn’t expect this book about time travel to include time travel but I didn’t and it does. The rules are not super clearly defined (that’s fine—I never really get time travel rules anyway) and differ from other time travel books i’ve read, but my complete unpreparedness to confront time travel did make the twist absolutely exquisite. Had I been reading a physical copy of the book, I would’ve slammed back to the first chapter so violently that it would’ve posed a threat to the structural integrity of the book. 
Character wise, I think the book lacked depth. The main character (nameless as far a I can remember) is constantly trying to smooth out her rough edges and while she’s successful in her goal, it makes her very boring. (It’s funny that she accuses her sister of giving herself daddy issues when the MC so clearly does the same thing with mommy issues.) Graham and the other expats are much more interesting, but we don’t get to see as much of them. (Though I appreciated the small insights into Graham’s past.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Racial slurs, Slavery, Cannibalism

abicaro17's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted to like this book SO bad! Graham Gore is a commander for the British Navy who after getting lost in an Arctic expedition gets taken to present day Britain by The Ministry of Time. The main character (who apparently doesn't have a name??? wtf) works as the bridge between Gore and modern day culture and concepts. The issue with this book is %100 the writing and characters. The concept of this book is incredible and if it achieved what it promised this would probably be my favorite book of the year. Unfortunately, this was not only unromantic, unfunny, and boring but it was also so confusing. Gore shows more interest in his best friend Arthur than he does the FMC. They have less than zero chemistry together and it baffles me that she spends like most of the book basically writing in her diary about how handsome he is and how she loves him. He basically only ever talks to her like a roommate even when they hookup. Gore was the most well developed and yet he still fell so flat as a character. The FMC was a one dimensional follower and never decided anything on her own. I was rooting for the bad guys at the end. I fucking hate that I didn't like this book but its just so poorly written it was basically mental torture to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

emilywemily6's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Eh. This book was SO SLOW that it made it hard to enjoy. And I was kind of disappointed by this book. The time travel science was very superficial and not well thought out, the romance lacked chemistry or tension so I couldn’t root for the couple, the sex scenes were awkward, and the main character was impersonal and bland. The anachronism of Graham and the other expats in the 21st century were interesting to read about but got a little old. I also felt unsatisfied with how this particular timeline turned out and the reasons why.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Racial slurs, Medical content

rnbhargava's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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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I really enjoyed this book. The pacing is mostly quite well done. The characters are wonderful and there’s a lot of diversity in the cast. My only gripe is that the absolute ending of the main driving plot feels a bit rushed thus slightly anticlimactic. I even really like the denouement. Overall, this book is highly recommended 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

The triggers are mostly of the variety of time displaced individuals saying, showing or doing things that they either were allowed to do that are no longer appropriate in the contemporary world of most of the rest of the story or the opposite, indulging in things that they weren’t allowed to do openly before.

softanimal's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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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Yet another new favorite! This has been a great year for me in reading newly published books. I thinks this one's best without knowing much going in so I'll just say, best time travel I've read in a long time and very loveable characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Colonisation

random19379's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, War

mollyrook's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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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I really loved this book! I felt like the ending was a little rushed in comparison with the pacing of the rest of the book, but otherwise a fantastic read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism