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The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

Start date: January 1, 2025

Finish date: January 31, 2025

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TMoT: Favorite Passages
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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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Sep 30, 2025 Gloriana rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-loot, science-fiction

This is NOT a romance! That said, I really enjoyed this, but I really am perplexed as to why bookstores all over London had it grouped alongside other romance novels. So what if the ending implies a maybe somewhat happy denouement for the main character with the object of her affection and the object of her entire working life? This is pure speculative fiction, sci-fi genre-bending storytelling that's more interested in thinking about colonialism, the role of history, empires, explorers, and adv ...more

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