Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

44 reviews

tbd24's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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: Yes

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come for the historical (kinda) workplace (kinda) romance, stay for the ripping good plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Alcohol

meagwhalen's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great premise, didn’t totally enjoy the execution. The ending was also good. Interesting exploration of the intersections of social issues with this concept.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Cannibalism, Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, War

gsillars's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Genocide, Forced institutionalization

hula809's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War

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

wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

taylorparrott99's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol

alanahcw's review against another edition

2.5

challenging tense slow-paced

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 This one wasn't for me. I liked the premise but I couldn't get fully into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, War

chris_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Colonisation, Dysphoria

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization

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.