Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

44 reviews

eed8's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious 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, Sexual content, Medical content

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit

Minor: Colonisation, War

saltycoffee's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery

carla20's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-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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I adore this book.  A British-Cambodian government translator finds herself working as a sort of mentor to a historical time traveler as part of an experimental program.  Her subject—Graham Gore—would have died amid a doomed Arctic expedition from which no man returned had he not been pulled from the year 1847.  She befriends him, along with a ragtag crew of other “expats,” while keeping secret most details about her job, which, unbeknownst to her, has been plagued by corruption from the start.  

This book explores what happens when what you thought was right turns out to be very wrong, and Bradley accomplishes this in a way that is funny, surprising, and profoundly moving.  The slow burn love story crackles with chemistry which surpasses anything I’ve read before, and, most importantly, humanizes the beloved.  The Ministry of Time is counted among my few most favorite books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Genocide, Alcohol, Colonisation