appel@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
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5 stars
Excellent read!
Kaliane Bradley: Ministry of Time (2024, Hodder & Stoughton)
English language
Published July 18, 2024 by Hodder & Stoughton.
Excellent read!
Time travel - if considered a genre, is a favorite of mine. (I especially enjoyed The Psychology of Time Travel and If/Then). I found this was such a cool premise, having people return from centuries past and see how they adapt to the modern world, however, it was slow going. For me it picked up a little toward the end.
I was excited to read this as the premise is brilliant. Sadly, I found it a bit of a dud. The story got progressively less engaging and incorporated a “twist” I found trite, and the middling resolution made the whole story weaker. No characters were particularly engaging and I found the arctic chapters and the musings of the main character more of a distraction than an enhancement. I didn't particularly care for the writing style, and also lampshading something doesn't magically make it not bad. All told, an ok read but not a book for me.