The Ministry of Time: A Novel

There were some fun elements to this book but overall I thought the story fell short. It didn't help that I didn't like the main character, especially her overly pretentious use of language. Yes, she is a languages specialist but the author really chose the most obscure thesaurus picks she could find and used them in ways that did not enhance the story.

Romcom/drama/sci-fi/historical fiction - super fun!

I found this book very confusing. I thought with the twist, things would make sense, but it only got worse from there

Super unique time travel novel. It was funny. It was eccentric. It was a quick thrill. Didn’t love the 30+ page long chapters and also felt the flashbacks of Graham were completely unnecessary to the story, but I enjoyed it overall 😊

I really wanted to like this book! The book cover is gorgeous, and I usually love stories revolving around time travel, even if they come with plot holes. But the time travel aspect was really only used to set up a slice-of-life story where characters from different time periods could interact.

The story started off exciting enough, but once the characters were all introduced, we continued with mundane day-to-day activities in modern England for about 80% of the book before it finally picks up towards the end.

This author has a strong voice and unique writing style that I wouldn't mind reading more of in the future, but I just felt like the synopsis of the book was misleading and the conclusion left me confused and underwhelmed.