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The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

Start date: October 1, 2024

Finish date: October 31, 2024

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Aug 22, 2024 Amy rated it liked it

Shelves: _own-home-library, read-in-2024, literary-fiction, debut, fiction, rec-gma-book-club-pick, sci-fi

2.5 stars rounded to 3. I really wanted to love this book and there were a few elements that I’d say worked well for me but most of it did not. I think this is more a case of the book not being for me. There is so much happening here that I think it kind of lost me in its breadth of scope. Speculative fiction + romance + literary fiction + historical fiction + some sci-fi. It was just a lot for this reader and I never felt like I could sink in and connect with it. There were lines that were bril ...more

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Aug 17, 2024 Avigail rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, audible, challenges, botm, podcast-rec, youtube-rec, 2024, own

2.5 stars.

A couple of years ago, Spanish TV made a series with the same name and premise as The Ministry of Time. When I saw the book and people enjoying the book, I decided to pick it up through BOTM.
I finished the book even though I didn't connect with the characters, I like that the author decided to have a diverse cast of people. Yes, I enjoy books with time travel but The Ministry of Time didn't gravitate me as the other novels I read.
The pacing is so slow and only because of the audiob ...more

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Jan 31, 2025 Beth rated it really liked it

Very interesting look at colonialism and nationalism and assimilation through an amoral ministry that experiments with a found Time Machine by kidnapping past people and pairing them with a “bridge” to help them adjust. Our narrator, one such bridge, is an equally amoral young professional who is here for the money and security but also notices that her charge is kinda hot. Did I say professional? That’s her class, not her actions.

Anyway, I see some people calling this a romance and I really don ...more

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Jun 18, 2024 Natalie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio, mine, 2024, librofm

Simultaneously surprising, fun, poignant, irreverent. The perfect example of a familiar yet original time travel story. Would recommend to nearly anyone.

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