The Ministry of Time: A Novel
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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 • A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MORE…
“This summer time’s hottest debut.” —Cosmopolitan • “Witty, attractive escapist fiction [that] packs a considerable punch…Contemporary and thrilling.” —Los Angeles Instances • “Electrical…I liked each second.” —Emily Henry
“Completely successful…Think about if The Time Traveler’s Spouse had an affair with A Gentleman in Moscow…Readers, I envy you: There’s a wise, witty novel in your future.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Put up
A time journey romance, a spy thriller, a office comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the character of energy and the potential for love to alter all of it: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.
Within the close to future, a civil servant is obtainable the wage of her desires and is, shortly afterward, informed what challenge she’ll be engaged on. A lately established authorities ministry is gathering “expats” from throughout historical past to determine whether or not time journey is possible—for the physique, but additionally for the material of space-time.
She is tasked with working as a “bridge”: dwelling with, helping, and monitoring the expat referred to as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. So far as historical past is worried, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s just a little disoriented to be dwelling with an single girl who frequently reveals her calves, surrounded by outlandish ideas equivalent to “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” However with an urge for food for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette behavior, and the help of an enthralling and chaotic forged of fellow expats, he quickly adjusts.
Over the following 12 months, what the bridge initially thought could be, at finest, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into one thing a lot deeper. By the point the true form of the Ministry’s challenge involves gentle, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with penalties she by no means may have imagined. Pressured to confront the alternatives that introduced them collectively, the bridge should lastly reckon with how—and whether or not she believes—what she does subsequent can change the long run.
An exquisitely unique and feverishly enjoyable fusion of genres and concepts, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it imply to defy historical past, when historical past resides in your home? Kaliane Bradley’s reply is a blazing, unforgettable testomony to what we owe one another in a altering world.
From the Writer
Writer : Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster (Might 7, 2024)
Language : English
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1668045141
ISBN-13 : 978-1668045145
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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Prospects discover the premise intriguing and inventive. They discover the characters fascinating and well-written. Readers admire the time journey side and the way it shapes them. The writing high quality is described as lovely, lyrical, and witty. Many describe the guide as an entertaining and pleasant learn. Nevertheless, opinions differ on readability – some discover it good and straightforward to observe, whereas others discover it tough to decipher. There are combined views on the content material – some discover it fascinating and thought-provoking, whereas others really feel it lacks depth.
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Susan B. Iwanisziw –
What time travel does for one ….
I found this novel engrossing, perhaps because I once worked for Britain’s Ministry of Defence and know exactly where it is if not what it was up to.I loved the time-traveling (time-abducted) characters plucked from death and coaxed into the modern world through assigned helpers called “bridges.” This motif is beautifully played and becomes food for profound thought in light of subsequent revelations. Three abductees–Arthur, Maggie, and Graham–are characters for the ages.The narrator is also a fascinating character. Half-Cambodian, she often reflects on the Khmer Rouge and the killing fields of Cambodia from which her “Mai” escaped at great psychic cost. The motif of refugees is essential to the plot and a reminder of modern migrations, along with a curt reminder of Western nations’ not-so-valiant efforts to absorb the dispossessed.The narrator volunteers for the bridge job to advance her career and finds herself possessed by a slow-burn lust for Graham, a transplanted veteran of a Northeast Passage exploratory failure. The character is based on a real seaman and his former life is brilliantly evoked. He is a chain-smoking crack shot of a Victorian patriarch with great charm and a daunting talent for staying alive.I highly recommend this book for those who like British humor, action, and unusual romance with a touch of sci-fi.
BooksAreWings –
Brilliant moments and innovative thinking melded with fanfic, a strange mix
This is a hard book to review, so I’ll try to outline the basics with some external perspective that may help the considering reader:In its essence, this book evolved from fan fiction centered on Commander Graham Gore of the doomed Franklin Arctic expedition in the 1800s. Sadly, all that is left of the crew of the two ships is a few artifacts (some chilling), some letters, and a set of pre-expedition daguerrotypes that make at least a few of the officers appear, well, hot. Thus…fan fiction.Apparently said fanfic turned into a book, because the author wasn’t getting to grips with the book she was trying to develop about her Cambodian heritage – which absolutely becomes a topic in this book.So….what we have is a science fiction/speculative fiction/fantasy novel that is also largely a romance, has historical fiction elements, and also tackles (in subtle and sometimes effective ways) issues of identity, racism, colonialism, diaspora, and genocide.The author also has a taste for galloping metaphors that verges on insanity.Given that, of course it is a bit of a mess. That said, it’s sometimes a charming mess, and the flashes of brilliance are truly, truly brilliant. The anchor concept – it’s set in Britain, time travel does exist, it is managed by an endless bureaucracy; people are plucked out of the past, and these people, being suddenly in what appears to be the mid-21st-century, require what the book calls “bridges” and a spy novel might call “agent runners”. Our nameless protagonist is one of these.I didn’t find the book hard to follow at all. It’s entertaining – very very funny in places, heartbreaking in others. Bradley keeps the story going; there are some major twists; and her vision of a future Earth, which we really only glimpse, is incisive and clever. The protagonist isn’t a very good person, it seems, or maybe is just ruled entirely by fear, but she is hard to identify/sympathize with, which makes the entire story a bit sad.My biggest issue with Ministry of Time was the fanfic bit: it really reads like Wattpad in some places, which was the final straw for me and almost a three-star review. I came away with the feeling that Bradley is a great writer in the making, with a muddled and slightly bizarrely written debut. I don’t regret reading it at all; parts of it stick in my mind; I will be excited for her next book; but if you only read a few books a year, I would point you in the direction of something like Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, or Real Americans, or something more purely in the science fiction vein.
Amy A. –
I loved the premise but found this difficult to follow
ð The Ministry of Timeâ Kaliane Bradleyð Science Fictionâ3ð¯ What I loved: If you’re a fan of time travel science fiction with a bit of humor and lots of history thrown in, I could see this being a great fit for you. I enjoyed the interactions of characters from a variety of time periods and found humor in people from the past passing judgment on what most would consider the ‘evolution’ of society.ð ââï¸ What I didn’t: Despite really wanting to get invested in the characters and story, I found this book incredibly difficult to follow. I’m not sure if that was because characters were speaking in a variety of different time period dialects, the science fiction/spy part of the book wasn’t well explained or that the expats were called by the their years instead of their names, the sentences were choppy and metaphors were difficult to connect with or some combination of all of the above but I REALLY struggled with this one. There were multiple times when the book referenced something that had happened previously that I had no recollection of so I found my self constantly re-reading things, but honestly I still don’t think I took it all in. This definitely could have been great- the premise was there! but it was clunky and hard to decipher and missed the mark for me.â¾Read if you love:*science fiction dealing with time travel*characters from multiple time periods interacting with each other*secret government projects*forbidden romanceâ¾See also: The Midnight Library, This is How You Lose the Time War, Sea of Tranquility
Gabi Coatsworth –
A great read
I loved this book for many reasons. The characters, especially Graham, Arthur, Maggie and the narrator had so many good qualities yet each had flaws too. I wanted to be friends with them. The fate of the world and possible attempts to change it was a theme in the book, but I saw it as a statement about how individuals can make a difference. And of course, itâs a thriller, a romance and beautifully written.
Cliente Kindle –
But confusing and with a quite abrupt end.
L. Pope –
What a winner of a book. Obama got it right (of course) it is one of my favourites of the year…..and I read a lotâº
Jane Fleming –
I had to finish this today and it stayed with me and will stay with me for some time. There is time travel, history, and a love story, and I think the author uses time travel to reflect thoughts on migration – how can you ever feel at home in a strange place or time? Will it be enough to have friends or even family anchor you? Or will you stay an expat forever?I’d also like to recommend Jo Walton’s My other children, this is not about time travel but about alternate histories – and about dementia -, and just as stunning as The Ministry of Time.
Andrew Jennings –
This is realistic gritty SF. In a way, it is the opposite of space opera. The agony of the time traveller, suddenly in a world that is very hard to understand. It explores new territory. I particularly like the exploration of the world of work. It is wonderful to find a new author with so much courage and promise.
valerio pascucci –
Inizia bene, ma si perde irrimediabilmente dalla metà in poi. Il finale non sta in piedi. Ho fatto fatica ad arrivare alla fine.