Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

180 reviews

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

oceanwriter's review against another edition

3.0

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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I’ve heard a lot of people say that this book is slow to start so I ended up opting for the audiobook even though I purchased it through BOTM. I don’t know if it made much difference aside from not having page numbers to follow along with. I found the concept interesting, but it lost me when things started getting spicy. Definitely wasn’t the content I was anticipating for this type of book, but glad I finished it because there was one passage in particular toward the end that was so beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Cannibalism, Murder

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, War

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Death of parent

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

sjexley's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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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This story is part time travel, part romance, part spy thriller, part historical fiction and somehow these all worked together really well!  The narrator is a woman working for the British Ministry and her role is to act as a bridge, or guide, for the expat (time traveler) she has been assigned from 1847. I giggled a lot and I was so drawn to the inner workings of all the relationships in this book. There is a big twist near the end of the book that I loved as well.  It took me some time to get into the story, but the end really had me hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation

mediocrebest's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

balise's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

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

mariposa517's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Suicide

jennramsdell's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Graphic: Gun violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail