Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

205 reviews

bex1991's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved this charming romance meets adventure - less sci-fi (a good thing) than advertised and more a reflection on humanity through all ages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War

jojofullo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective 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, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Lesbophobia, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

nwolo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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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I loved the relationship between Gore and our protagonist, as well as the insight into the civil service in a way that painted a vivid picture of something simultaneously boring and chock full of intrigue. 
The author’s writing style was so enjoyable and I stayed up til daylight to finish the book as the last few chapters really changed up the tone and became very hard to put down. 

The characters were all important and beautifully written, even some that I wondered about at first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

sydcreads's review against another edition

3.25

funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism

zgreyz's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

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i’m so confused as to what the point was. i was excited about the concept in the beginning. then the mc just kept falling flat on making any solid points or reflections and it just turned into romanticizing some old navy dude that died horribly. concept fell off completely. ending was mostly predictable. romance just fell flat and felt incredibly awkward and gross. bleh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Grief

Minor: Cannibalism

hjb_128's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Cannibalism

antheea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective 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: Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder

aunt_sue_books's review against another edition

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Fascinating plot ruined by repetitive, fairly graphic sexual preoccupation and activity in the last third of the book.  Really detracts from the flow of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

madscientistcat's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Cannibalism

Minor: Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Xenophobia

gladosisreading's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful 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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I really loved the concept of this book, and thought the different elements individually were very strong (the romance, the social commentary, the sci fi, the spy thriller ??)

However when it all came together, it felt at times like it was trying to do slightly too much in one, which could create some tonal whiplash (particularly in the final act, where all the action suddenly kicked off at once, seemingly out of nowhere).

Each individual element/subplot of the book was so so good, any one of them could have been the main focus, which was slightly it's downfall. When putting everything together, the different parts didn't quite get enough breathing space each. However, this did always leave me with the nice feeling of wanting more!

The characters were fantastic to follow - particularly the side ones. I defo need more books in their world to learn what happens to them next.

A enjoyable read which some truly stand-out moments, that occasionally get lost in ambition.

Also, the author really loves a metaphor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism