The Ministry of Time: A Novel

DNF Really disappointed because I had heard so many good things and such it’s so highly reviewed. I found the amount of history in it sooooooo boring and I just couldn’t keep forcing myself to read it, I started losing interest, stop focusing which led to me not knowing what’s going on and therefore decided to DNF before i lost my mind.

this book had some weird pacing that i really could not get behind and i did not like either of the main characters very much. cool concept though

A milenial gets a new job at the futuristic Ministry of Time, where a top secret project is unfolding where people from the past who would have died in that timeline, are kidnapped from the past and are considered "expats" of history to modern time. These expats are assigned a "bridge" who assist them in acclimating to their new world. The expat is from “1847” and is Commander Graham Gore from the Sir Franklin 1845 expedition that the series "The Terror" was based on. Gore and the bridge fall head over heels in love during this year of "bridging" and make friends with the other expats. There are other past/future challenges because the bridge happens to be from the future, and comes back to make sure that things go smoothly. It's a mind-bender for sure and you'll feel like you need to write everything down with a flowchart when you get to the end, but it was a good read.

Very dry and boring book honestly. I tried, I listened to the entire thing. I agree with others that mentioned that the last like 13% of the book were the best parts, but by then I was so underwhelmed and just dreading listening to it when I got into my car. It isn't that it was badly written or anything, just nothing really happened for MOST of the book.

****Spoilers****
More like 2.7. I was curious about this book, but it didn't really hold my interest. And I know it didn't because when a book is interesting to me, I think about it when I'm not reading it and I'm happy to pick it back up. The book wasn't bad but, for me, the pacing didn't keep me invested. The first half of the book felt like a long montage of Graham getting used to the present and then bam, Graham and the MC are together and some people from the future are trying to kill her. While I did enjoy the MC and Graham's relationship, I was more invested in Margaret and Arthur's journeys. They kept me going while reading this. The ending felt rushed, and a lot of information was thrown at you but funny enough was the most fun part of the book. Oh, and on a personal note, Graham and the MC should have been reunited at the end.

P.S. Why am I just realizing that we never learned the MC's name?