Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

127 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

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

dominicmauro's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation

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

allielkweg's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Colonisation

Minor: Racial slurs, Vomit, Medical content

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

wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

Moderate: Death, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

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

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