Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

127 reviews

sjabw13's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Deportation

v_meck0405's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Main character is a touch more annoying in her selfishness and obliviousness than i prefer but it’s forgivable enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

sentcinematic's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism, Colonisation

miilk's review against another edition

2.25

informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Interesting premise with piss poor execution and very boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Colonisation

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content

cfitz13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, War

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is one of the slowest, most boring books I've ever read. When the plot does finally start (last 100 pages) its incredibly pretentious.
I honestly found the whole book quite creepy and pathetic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

kylieabbynormal's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious 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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A phenomenal read. Cast of characters is just as diverse as the time periods they come from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Outing, Classism

nothingelsefits's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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I loved the different perspective on how it would actually feel to travel through time. 
And I appreciated Kaliane using full artistic licence on a few words. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Cannibalism, Colonisation

unfiltered_fiction's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Yes

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I loved this book. The wry narrative style had me instantly hooked, and the infinitely varied, complex characters soon drew me in even deeper. The author shows immense dexterity in handling the tonal slalom between bloody and brutal scenes with moments of aching tenderness. The writing does leave the reader to put in some work; occasionally I found sections hard to follow, as the author leaves a fair few things off the page as ambiguous or unresolved. Those choices do make sense against the wider narrative approach and thematic exploration of truth and immutability, but this was a minor drawback for me as I find inference in fiction tricky to follow. Overall, this is a book rich in emotion, excitement and provocation; I'll sit for a good long while with the line that "It can get better, but you must allow yourself to imagine a world in which you are better." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia

avasbookmark's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Slavery