Ministry of Time

A Novel

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Kaliane Bradley: Ministry of Time (2024, Simon & Schuster)

English language

Published 2024 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-1-6680-4516-9
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4 stars (1 review)

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Time-travelling horny spy romance

4 stars

As I write this review, I'm once again finding myself on the goodreads page for this book (no idea why I do this, like I want to check my own taste against that of 'the people'?) and I'm very surprised to find that The ministry of time is an extremely polarising book. One star ('I'm thankful to this book for providing some needed perspective on what a bad book is'), or five star ('the author is a genius'), kind of thing. I would have thought it would be a solid 3-4 star crowd-pleaser. To me, it reads like one of those addictive Netflix series with a quirky plot, fun dialogues, and just enough nods to social issues to make it possible to watch without feeling completely gross afterwards.

The basic plot (very minor spoiler) revolves around a young, British-Cambodian public officer, whose job is to help / monitor a British …