Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

127 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

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

jujupassulbeat's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Alright its a five stars, but also broke my heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Racism, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Torture

franklola's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny 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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

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

libraryofmoss's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense fast-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: Complicated

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Extremely mixed feelings about this book. I was completely captivated and the writing is impeccable with many complex, thought provoking themes woven throughout. I was ready to give it five stars until the end which I absolutely hated because of the

awful guns pointed at each other Quentin Tarantino style standoff.
It’s the absolute most violent, distributing, personally triggering, and lazy way to dole out a climactic moment. ugh. The worst. It completely spoiled the book. Who’s the enemy here? Was completely lost in the sauce. Everyone looks bad. So many of the characters we’re morally questionable, we could have wrapped things up in a more deliberate way and it would have been believable.

I mean, the book states right up front that time travel is full of ambiguity, it’s reinforced by the unnamed narrator who really doesn’t seem to have much individuality, but seriously! There was also so much humor and sweetness! It wish it wasn’t such a depressing let down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Colonisation

eloisedoesread's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide