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Wow!
Just wow!!
This has a bit of everything:
• Science fiction
• Romance
• History
• Thriller
• Humour
This is a debut novel from Kaliane Bradley an... READ MORE
Obsessively brilliant!
The Ministry of Time is a weirdly wonderful amalgamation of so many genres: science fiction, dystopia, thriller, historical, and not forgetting romance. Th... READ MORE
Dr Who for the Literati
A good, fun jaunt of a novel, like reading a particularly involved and well written Special episode of Dr Who. A great premise and thoroughly enjoyable cha... READ MORE
A stunning and well balanced novel
Awww I loved this so much! A love story set in time travel novel that manages to not be science heavy or overly explicit. It hits the perfect balance of bl... READ MORE
Interesting take on time travel
A few friends have read this and enjoyed it so I thought it was about time I joined in.
Right from the start this has an interesting take on the time tr... READ MORE
A lot of fun: it hits the right spots
Using an absolutely kaleidoscopic galaxy of the imagination, The Ministry of Time is so deeply satisfying, with at least as much unabashed charm as The Pri... READ MORE
The best debut novel I have ever read
I devoured this in a buddy read with a friend and I am so glad I had someone to gush about this with while I was completely enraptured by this incredibly o... READ MORE
Great read!
Ignore the naysayers, if you take this for what it is, a lighthearted, time travel romance...it's rather charming and perfectly balanced for an easy, all i... READ MORE
Thoroughly enjoyable. The highest praise one can give a book.
I read this over the weekend in as close to one sitting as is possible these days. Well plotted and complete with a few good twists, I thought it was a fun... READ MORE
A clever, fun read!
This book was such a fun read. Set a little in the future; time travel is now possible. The Ministry of Time has been founded to help integrate 'expats' fr... READ MORE
Something unique
Oh Commander Gore, you are gorgeous!
This has such a well-spun plot, featuring so many different genre elements with our narrator and Commander Gore at th... READ MORE
Clever, speculative fiction debut
It’s quite difficult to categorise Kaliane Bradley’s debut novel. It’s literary, speculative fiction mixed with romance and humour. We have a number of cha... READ MORE
All around brilliant!
This is one of my top novels of the year, I thoroughly enjoyed it the whole way through!
Time travel romance is my new favourite genre and I’m gonna str... READ MORE
A beautiful thriller of a book !
This book branches so many genres in the best possible way! From subtle sci fi to spy thriller, with a slow burn romance. The sarcastic style humour was *c... READ MORE
Bold, inventive and cinematic. I predict huge things for this book.
I so enjoyed this one. It's literary fiction, which reads like romantic comedy blended with light science fiction or distiopia. Perfect for fans of The Tim... READ MORE
A new concept in time travel
This is time travel book of an unusual nature. People are brought from the past and looked after by a "bridge". they are observed and monitored as part of ... READ MORE
Complicated...
Thank you to the Publisher for an advance copy of this novel.
I have complicated thoughts about this novel which I found compelling in most aspects and ... READ MORE
Synopsis
A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets the end. England is forever. England must fall.
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of time-travel.
Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as '1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify' and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more.
But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the structures and histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy history when history is living in your house?
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781399726344
- Number of pages: 368
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 260 x 231 x 30 mm
Customer Reviews
View allGreat idea badly done
Didn't think it was possible to make a story involving time travel dreary ,I was wrong . This manages it .
Characters are flat and dull , the plot ( what ... READ MORE
Awkward
Awkward piece of writing, lacking any original sense of imagination. What exactly is speculative fiction here; what is it at all? A sci-fi fairy tail. It’s... READ MORE
Spanish TV Show?
This debut is far from the high-concept, brain-curdlingly complex feat of literary SF you might be fearing. It is a simple love story, predicated on a hast... READ MORE
Thriller, love story, time travel humor
Thanks go to the publisher for the advanced reading copy of this book. This is a great first novel by the Author Kaliane Bradley. I went to it expecting a ... READ MORE
A great debut novel
'The Ministry of Time' by Kaliane Bradley is a unique novel that takes you on a journey through time.
A civil servant is given an upgraded job in a top ... READ MORE
charming, clever and captivating
really enjoyed this thought-provoking book, it’s clever, funny, and, for a time travel novel, remarkably coherent. Bradley’s book really defies categorisat... READ MORE
clever, funny and thought provoking
I really enjoyed this thought-provoking book, it’s clever, funny, and, for a time travel novel, remarkably coherent. Bradley’s book really defies categoris... READ MORE
Thought provoking, laugh inducing
A captivating story that deals not just with time travel but questions relevant modern day issues. I read it all in one go!
A remarkable unlikely romance
This fantasy novel sits in an alternate UK where, rather than pay billions of pounds to send a few immigrants to Rwanda, the government has a time scoop an... READ MORE
Brilliant!
I love the idea of bringing people from the past and seeing how difficult it may be to adjust in the 21st century. I loved the emotional tension through th... READ MORE
High concept
An experiment in time travel has led to a disparate group of expats who have been transported to the present by a mysterious Ministry. Each is assigned a ... READ MORE
Not just another book about time travel!
This is not just another book about time travel! The Cambodian narrator is a disaffected and sardonic female civil servant working for a government which h... READ MORE
started strong but failed to keep me engaged
An interesting title and potential for an entertaining story line. Historical characters are transported to the present where they are allocated a speciall... READ MORE
Exceptional
Beautifully crafted, time travel may not be a new genre but this one is far from pulp SiFi. Approaches time travel from a different view point very much 2... READ MORE
Enjoyable read
I enjoyed this and read the book quickly for me.
Lots of great reviews which I don’t disagree with. It felt like it should be building to a fabulous end/c... READ MORE
A wonderful surprise.
This novel takes things we think we know, like time travel fantasies and puts the humanity in them. The way the describes the overwhelming nature of the fu... READ MORE
How would you help a time traveler adapt to your time?
I'm always up for a good time travel story. This one has a bonus: it belongs to that body of work that I predict will come to be known as Pandemic Litera... READ MORE
Pure fun, ingenious
What an original, fun novel! The Ministry of Time captures the very best bits of history, sci-fi, thriller and even (dare I say?), romance genres. An ingen... READ MORE
Pitch Perfect
Thank you to the publisher, the author and Netgalley for a free ebook copy of this novel in exchange for a review.
I adore time travel narratives. I hav... READ MORE
Enjoyable
The Ministry of Time is a blended genre story - Sci Fi, romance, history, comedy- about an agent assigned to look after Graham Cole, an real life commander... READ MORE
Loved it!
A civil servant gets the job of a lifetime- she has been chosen to be a bridge for a time traveller! In the not too distant future, time travel is in its ... READ MORE
Adventure and mystery
Ministry of Time by Bradley is an enthralling adventure that masterfully intertwines historical intrigue and thrilling action. Bradley's meticulous attenti... READ MORE
Enjoyable.
The whole idea of the story is interesting.I found the whole thing to be very entertaing and enjoyable.
Good ideas lacking execution
There were some great ideas in this book & interesting characters that could actually have been fleshed out better. But while the story eventually did grip... READ MORE
A promising and original debut!
I really liked the overall concept for the book and wouldn't be surprised if it gets turned into a film or TV series. The narrative switches between the no... READ MORE
Sparkling
Not only a fascinating premis but brilliantly written. A joy to read.
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