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Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness

6 reviews

saroreen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Terminal illness, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship and Slavery

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A good comfort read. If you have not read the All Souls trilogy, do not start here. Times Convert is a welcome look into the life of Marcus, Matthew’s son and the journey to becoming a vampire, in this universe’s version anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Terminal illness, War, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Animal death, Misogyny, Gun violence, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Slavery

melissaschultz's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Ooof. What a slog. I had to force myself to finish this one because I wanted to be caught up on Diana and Matthew for the next All Souls book.

This book had several problems. First, it reads like a placeholder book between the first three books and whatever comes next, meaning literally nothing happens in the way of conflict/rising action/resolution. Everyone just hangs out and thinks about Marcus’ past (where nothing much happens either).

The flashbacks to the past were written in such a predictable and amateurish way, I had a hard time believing Harkness actually wrote this book when compared to the previous three. And Marcus’ sections were boringgggg. Multiple scenes went like this:

*A mild conflict occurs and everyone else tries to solve the problem*
No one:
Marcus: *Picks up random artifact from mantle* this reminds me of the time in my past when…

And repeat throughout the book. One thing is for sure, Harkness doesn’t do write well when everything is going great for her characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and War

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

msjk427's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Time's Convert is a bit of a spin off from the main three books in the All Souls Trilogy. While I was happy to see Diana and Matthew, they take a secondary role to the story of Marcus and Phoebe. This book was pretty good, but wasn't as good as the rest of the All Souls books. I just wasn't as invested in Phoebe and Marcus's story. I also don't find Phoebe all that likeable. If you want to delve more into those characters or into Harkness' version of the vampire making process, then it's worth a read. Or if you really enjoy American and French Revolution history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery

Deals with pandemics, epidemics, and American and French Revolution/War.

mandkips's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Medical content