Reviews tagging 'Death'

Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness

12 reviews

laurenleigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

4.0

I loved the first three books so much, it was a given I’d pick this up. The first three were such a trilogy structurally, and this does somewhat continue that storyline, but focuses more on Marcus and Phoebe. I didn’t personally love a lot of the gory details of becoming a vampire, but I’m working on loosening my hold on those phobias. The other half is historical fiction set in late 18th C America, which Professor Harkness does so well, unsurprisingly. It was honestly interesting to read about inoculations and infectious disease of that time period. I didn’t realize how much damage smallpox did to Washington’s soldiers. If you’re into this series, vampires, and/or Revolutionary War historical fiction, you’ll enjoy this. Otherwise it probably won’t appeal to you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Moderate: Death, War, and Gun violence

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

4.0

ily Marcus Raphael Galen Thomas Chauncey de Clermont

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

lucyatoz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Time's Convert is an intriguing prequel and sequel to Deborah Harkness All Souls trilogy that, at times, it was difficult to keep a track of the narrative with it jumping between Marcus Whitmore's backstory and the present for Diana Bishop and Matthew de Claremont and their children and Phoebe Taylor, a human warmblood and Marcus' mate as she becomes a vampire.

It does not capture my imagination in the same way that A Discovery of Witches did, however it was still worth reading just to get the history of Matthew's son, Marcus and how they become fledgling vampires! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism

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

frenandjen's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

I Loved the first three books in the trilogy and very much enjoyed the revisiting the characters however, the editing was off on this book. And unfortunately, it repeatedly took me out of the magic of this story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Minor: Mental illness

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

readerk8's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

It’s weird that the POV changes so often, and that most POVs are third person but one is first person. I liked learning about Marcus’s past, but some of the modern stuff was a slog.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, War, Death, Racism, and Murder

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

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: War and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, and Death

bookspaperink's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, and Medical content