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Ministeriet for tid

Kaliane Bradley

3.72 AVERAGE

frankkiet's review against another edition

3.25

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

I went into this expecting speculative/historical fiction and instead ran into a fair amount of open-door romance. The concept hooked me - a government program pulling people from the past and assigning them “bridges” to help adjust; but the pacing was very slow, and the story didn’t fully grab me. The romance, though, worked surprisingly well, and the late twist was fun and unexpected, even if I might’ve missed some foreshadowing because I wasn’t all that invested in the characters.

The last 15% was by far the best stretch, and I wish the rest had that momentum. I liked the ideas more than the execution, and some choices (like housing time travelers with people they’d likely be attracted to) didn’t feel very plausible. Overall, I enjoyed parts of it but was bored through a lot. The book an interesting premise with a lot of moving parts that never fully came together for me.

reeccees's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rkjoshi's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

I almost DNFed this book due to some subject matter added closer to the end. While, this is not a book I wish to reread, I am glad I read it to the end as it has a very poignant ending.

3.5 due to content that made me not really enjoy the book as much as I did in the beginning. The characters are interesting and it is mostly well-written.