The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

DRB Reviews...The Ministry of Time

Firstly, I am a devote member of Book of the Month. I love getting my message on the first day of every month, that the new books have dropped. I love the selections and often times will choose a book that is not in my favourite genres of mystery and thrillers, to try something new, and "go outside the box" so to speak. 

I really enjoy dystopian story-lines, and am a huge fan of sci-fi. I love Star Trek and Battle Star Galactica. Funny though, I am learning I am not a fan of fantasy, especially in books.  I attempted the Red Rising series and just couldn't get into it. 

When I saw The Ministry of Time I thought this would stretch my typical reading genres, and it seemed to tick a few different boxes that I seem to like: dystopian, sci-fi with time travel and a bit of romance. Unfortunately, I am finding I dislike this book. I have gotten half way through and simply can't go on. This is a shame, but I still can't get into the characters. I am at a loss still of what is going on as well. There are some new vocabulary words that I happily enjoyed googling the dictionary meanings, but all of a sudden there were too many and I was losing an understanding of the plot.

I thought last night, I must finish this so I can write a good review. Then I started pondering...do I always have to write a good review? Do I have to even finish a book I don't like? Perhaps if I keep reading, it will then "make sense" and things will click into place and in the end I will say "what an interesting read." But, not today.