Reviews

Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is fine. I enjoy Marcus's backstory and Phoebe's life as a baby vampire. I really wish they'd kept Jennifer Ikeda as the narrator for this one, because it honestly throws me. Don't get me wrong, I love Saskia Maarleveld, but after almost 75 hours of narration with JI, it's jarring with a new one. I find myself less engaged with the story as a result. Or maybe it's because I find some of the flip/flop storytelling to be not as strong as the first three books. 

vaenadal's review against another edition

4.0

I had forgotten how much I loved the characters in this world and it was nice to spend some time with them again. However, I wouldn't recommend this book unless you've read the All Souls trilogy. This book is a standalone story, but depends on the reader knowing the characters and their backstories.

victoriamark's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

echalmers's review against another edition

5.0

Thoroughly enjoyed. Loved the All Souls Trilogy and this was an excellent addition to the story. I hope to see more novels about the individual characters and their backgrounds.

cinderellee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

doitnowanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved the all souls trilogy, but reading the description to this one left me wishing for more. This lead to me putting off reading this book for quite a while, but once I picked it up, my only regret was not having done this earlier. 

jaimie_lynn's review against another edition

3.0

All Souls Trilogy is my all time favorite series. I read them every other year, if not more. Matthew, Diana, Gallowglass, and Marcus are some of my favorite fictional characters -- so naturally I really wanted to read Marcus's backstory. There was maybe one moment in the whole book where I really enjoyed what I was reading and didn't want to put it down. Most the time is was boring and just dragged on with things that definitely weren't important or even interesting. It was a lot of fluff to make it a longer read and that made me so sad. This is probably a book I'll never pick up again but I'm at least glad I read it because we learned more about Marcus.

addieellicott's review against another edition

2.0

I really enjoyed the All Souls trilogy, and was excited to read this. Unfortunately, where the history adds context and depth to the story and characters in All Souls, it is given too much prominence in this book - almost as though the story is there to support a lesson about history rather than the other way around. I might have enjoyed this more as a series of short stories.

If you love history and you lived the All Souls trilogy, this could still be a good read. But if you have only a passing interest in the history of the American and French revolutions, this might be a book to de-prioritise in your TBR pile.

currerbellz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

laura_hart15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

It was confusing at first with the POV changes between Phoebe, Marcus, and Diana. But once I made it about 35/40% it started making sense, therefore I was able to start enjoying it more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood