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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

82 reviews

dev921's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Deportation

kelly93's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious 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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Strikes me as similar to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - not in plot but in tone. The vocabulary of this book alone sets it apart from most.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Cannibalism

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, War

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism

stormeno's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Gore, War

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

itsheyfay's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A very neat premise with beautiful passages of writing and fun dynamics with the side characters. However, the pacing felt off (it was tiger too slow or too fast). The big reveals at the end could have been better detailed from the beginning so I actually felt satisfied learning the truth. Either that or I had just lost all interest in the plot 🤷🏼‍♀️

Plus, the romantic element didn’t sit well with me.

Still, I appreciate what the author has put together and I still encourage people to give this book a chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Cannibalism

juliaureads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was so fun. I loved the humor, the “man out of time” aspect, and the relatable attempts to explain our modern world. About halfway through, this pivoted in a a great way to a spy novel. Fast pacing kept me turning the pages. The ending kinda broke my brain. But in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Alcohol

bookb1itch's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional mysterious slow-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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My own inability to understand time-travel narratives impacted my enjoyment of this book.  I LOVED the premise, and I feel it was carried out very well, but I am unsure I completely "got" it.  I hope Bradley's predictions for our near-future are inaccurate.  Loved the 2 mc and their relationship, but also the other ex-pats, especially Maggie.  Can't help thinking this would make a really interesting film or Netflix series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, Colonisation

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Alcohol

cheyanne111222's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, War

Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Deportation

abicaro17's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted to like this book SO bad! Graham Gore is a commander for the British Navy who after getting lost in an Arctic expedition gets taken to present day Britain by The Ministry of Time. The main character (who apparently doesn't have a name??? wtf) works as the bridge between Gore and modern day culture and concepts. The issue with this book is %100 the writing and characters. The concept of this book is incredible and if it achieved what it promised this would probably be my favorite book of the year. Unfortunately, this was not only unromantic, unfunny, and boring but it was also so confusing. Gore shows more interest in his best friend Arthur than he does the FMC. They have less than zero chemistry together and it baffles me that she spends like most of the book basically writing in her diary about how handsome he is and how she loves him. He basically only ever talks to her like a roommate even when they hookup. Gore was the most well developed and yet he still fell so flat as a character. The FMC was a one dimensional follower and never decided anything on her own. I was rooting for the bad guys at the end. I fucking hate that I didn't like this book but its just so poorly written it was basically mental torture to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic