Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

78 reviews

fluffballpanda's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Just kinda weird. I wanted to love it wish it was either mystery or romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia

meghanm404's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

withlivjones's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense slow-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: No

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I’m jealous of anyone who hasn’t read this book because that means they get to read it for the first time. The way the author writes is so beautiful, and this book contains multitudes - about love and grief and generational trauma and being mixed race and wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. I got a little too attached to the characters for my own good - I thought Graham, Maggie, and Arthur were such a lovely found family. There were some twists that were predictable but others I definitely didn’t see coming, and honestly the pacing was all over the place - nothing much happened for about 75% of the book but then suddenly everything happened in the last 25% and it was a lot to process. But my overall reading experience was very positive and I’m sure this book will be an early favourite of this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, War

warnie23's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia

Moderate: Cannibalism

kylieabbynormal's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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A phenomenal read. Cast of characters is just as diverse as the time periods they come from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Outing, Classism

unfiltered_fiction's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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 loved this book. The wry narrative style had me instantly hooked, and the infinitely varied, complex characters soon drew me in even deeper. The author shows immense dexterity in handling the tonal slalom between bloody and brutal scenes with moments of aching tenderness. The writing does leave the reader to put in some work; occasionally I found sections hard to follow, as the author leaves a fair few things off the page as ambiguous or unresolved. Those choices do make sense against the wider narrative approach and thematic exploration of truth and immutability, but this was a minor drawback for me as I find inference in fiction tricky to follow. Overall, this is a book rich in emotion, excitement and provocation; I'll sit for a good long while with the line that "It can get better, but you must allow yourself to imagine a world in which you are better." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia

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

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging funny mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia

raptorq's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Slavery, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

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