Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

77 reviews

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.

softanimal's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny mysterious 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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Yet another new favorite! This has been a great year for me in reading newly published books. I thinks this one's best without knowing much going in so I'll just say, best time travel I've read in a long time and very loveable characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Colonisation

random19379's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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

Moderate: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, War

dkamada's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-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

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism

Minor: Genocide, Racial slurs, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking

town_scar's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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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This one may require a reread to fully enjoy it. Perhaps I took too long of a pause in between fits of reading it. At times the language and diction went right over my head, but most of the time I found the craft of this book riveting. Overall I loved the story. It was compelling, messy, and fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Slavery

zombiezami's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Beautiful writing. The ending felt a bit rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, War

skyfluff's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

tigertheory's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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This was so good, I don’t know why it took me months to review. I already know this will be one of my favorite books this year. 
Beautiful composition, balancing the fun time travel adventure romp with more grave issues and ideas. 

As an EFL speaker, I really do not understand why everyone is complaining about the vocabulary in this. The style of narration fits the MC perfectly and your reading flow isn’t hindered by not knowing exactly how the rain is falling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, War

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Medical content

Minor: Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Classism

novel_nibbles's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 

I enjoyed the I book so much I consumed it in a single sitting however it wasn’t quite a 5 star read for me. It felt like it was trying to do too many things- fish out of water comedy, thriller, time travel paradox. forbidden romance- and as a result I felt like I didn’t get enough of any of them. 

I am interested to see what Bradley writes next 
4/5 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Colonisation

uniquelymace's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation