The Ministry of Time hooked me early with its sharp premise and layered themes—exploring identity, power, and bureaucracy through a speculative lens. I especially appreciated its commentary on assimilation and generational trauma. While the genre shifts kept things interesting, the romance element felt a bit forced and distracted from the stronger political and philosophical threads. Still, a compelling and worthwhile read.

I loved this book. Interesting premise.

You know those movies where you wait for them to start yet they don’t seem to until the end? And at the end you are left wondering what the start really had to do with the story anyway?

DNF'd this at 29%. It’s a great idea for a story, but it moves slow and the prose is awkward and clunky. Actually I'm not even sure it actually moves slow, but it feels slow because the writing is so tough to chew through. It feels strained and overworked, stuffed to the bursting point with clumsily employed SAT words and similes tying way too hard to be clever. LIke the author is desperately trying to prove to us she's very intelligent. I honest to gods have no doubt that 9 times out of 10, she is the smartest person in the room. I hope with her next novel she'll trust that, so she can just focus on telling a good story. This bears all the markings of a very talented author who hasn’t found their voice and is working too hard to prove they have one. It’s not a physics book. A great story is effortless to read and quick to captivate your imagination. I found this book could do neither of those things.

That’s all I can write: wow!

It seemed like I could feel the excitement of this author as she wrote the story. I’m an engineer by training so writing is not my skill, but I would say the author uses words in ways I’ve never heard before - with lots of alliteration (if I’m saying that correctly) - very refreshing to read. The story itself is fresh and interesting. Love the way we never know the main character’s name yet develop a deep understanding (as book characters go) of who she is. I’d gladly read more from the author…

Interesting blend of time travel and bureaucracy - a good read for a rainy day and some escapism.

As an American I found the audiobook challenging to understand as recorded in British English. I like to think that I’m pretty good at hearing through an accent, but I probably missed 10%. Actually reading the book was more comprehensible.

Great book ❤️.

I had high hopes, but this may be one of the absolute worst books I have ever laid my eyes upon. Weird and agonizing slow plot. Annoying narrator. Forgettable characters with little or no redeeming qualities. I’d rather get a root canal or watch paint dry than trudge through this incredibly terrible book. Totally confused as to why it’s so popular.