Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

76 reviews

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

lynssss's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Xenophobia

sarahlreadseverything's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation

gbeene's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: No

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I generally enjoyed the story as a whole; however, the last 20% of the story, truly the plot-dense portion of the novel, was incredibly rushed. The verbiage was somewhat pedantic (even considering that characters were from different centuries with different language). The novel would’ve been better had it not tried to touch on so many genres. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

emilyseebold's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Death, Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

sarasreading's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one wasn't what I was expecting at all in terms of plot, but I read it so fast. Things moved way slower than I thought they would, but I was still very interested. There's a bit of found family, which I'm always a sucker for, and just enough mystery throughout to keep me really turning those pages. There was a section past the halfway point where things began to drag for me, but then the last quarter or so had me racing to finish. I also really liked the time jump sections and wished they were maybe a little longer, as the other chapters were huge by comparison. 

I'll definitely read more from this author! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Slavery

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

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I think it’s hard to pitch a book that bends genre like this one does, but maybe because of that, this book wasn’t exactly what i expected. I expected a rom-com full of musings on modern-day society and it was that but it was also government intrigue and assassinations and betrayal and unanswerable questions about morality. Also I don’t know why I didn’t expect this book about time travel to include time travel but I didn’t and it does. The rules are not super clearly defined (that’s fine—I never really get time travel rules anyway) and differ from other time travel books i’ve read, but my complete unpreparedness to confront time travel did make the twist absolutely exquisite. Had I been reading a physical copy of the book, I would’ve slammed back to the first chapter so violently that it would’ve posed a threat to the structural integrity of the book. 
Character wise, I think the book lacked depth. The main character (nameless as far a I can remember) is constantly trying to smooth out her rough edges and while she’s successful in her goal, it makes her very boring. (It’s funny that she accuses her sister of giving herself daddy issues when the MC so clearly does the same thing with mommy issues.) Graham and the other expats are much more interesting, but we don’t get to see as much of them. (Though I appreciated the small insights into Graham’s past.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Racial slurs, Slavery, Cannibalism

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

rnbhargava's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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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I really enjoyed this book. The pacing is mostly quite well done. The characters are wonderful and there’s a lot of diversity in the cast. My only gripe is that the absolute ending of the main driving plot feels a bit rushed thus slightly anticlimactic. I even really like the denouement. Overall, this book is highly recommended 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

The triggers are mostly of the variety of time displaced individuals saying, showing or doing things that they either were allowed to do that are no longer appropriate in the contemporary world of most of the rest of the story or the opposite, indulging in things that they weren’t allowed to do openly before.