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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Racism and Classism
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Terminal illness, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Lesbophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Classism, and Medical content
Minor: Rape and Suicide
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Sexual content
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, and Homophobia
Moderate: Cursing and Racism
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Grief, Murder, Racism, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Infidelity, Cancer, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Cursing, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual harassment and Homophobia
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
- What an inventive, emotional, and thought provoking book THE MINISTRY OF TIME is.
- This book is what I would call literary sci-fi, which is one of my favorite genre mashups. It’s also quite heavily character focused, with most of the action happening in the last third of the book.
- Despite my usual love of plot-heavy books, I was immediately drawn into the story of our unnamed narrator and her displaced-from-time charge.
- It’s easy to see how much research Bradley put into this book, but it never loses the intense emotion amid the historical tidbits.
- I don’t even have the space to touch on the elements of race, survivor’s guilt, and of catching someone up on centuries of history. There is so much going on in this book and I’m going to be thinking about all the pieces of it for a long time to come.
Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Vomit, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Drug use, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, and Sexual content
Minor: Genocide and War