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rexpostfacto's review against another edition
4.0
ily Marcus Raphael Galen Thomas Chauncey de Clermont
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!
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Moderate: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Alcoholism
darquedreamer's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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? Yes
3.75
Not my favorite, but I still loved it. I sometimes got a little lost amidst the historical portions of the story, but I loved delving into Marcus's story and having a continuation of Diana and Mathew's stories!
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
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.
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Sexual content
Moderate: Medical content, Violence, and Death
keepcalmblogon's review against another edition
adventurous
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 know it’s meant to have been a spin-off, but Diana and Matthew really do not relinquish the spotlight all that easily. Time’s Convert brought to further attention the biggest flaw in the series: Diana’s stubbornness about magic. By book four, one would expect Diana to have grown into this aspect of her character after battling with it and then learning to harness and control it, but it’s as if she regresses in this book, and, honestly, after hundreds of pages of her hesitancy I was pretty over it.
In the end, Marcus and Phoebe do get their chance at center stage and I loved learning about Marcus’ past and joining Phoebe on her baby-vampire journey!
In the end, Marcus and Phoebe do get their chance at center stage and I loved learning about Marcus’ past and joining Phoebe on her baby-vampire journey!
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and War
Moderate: Child abuse and Murder
cluckieduck's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I was really looking forward to this book since Marcus is one of my favourites from the original DoW trilogy, but this book is a bit of a slog to get through, and mostly underwhelming.
First of all, it’s more like 3 stories in one that bounce around the following POVs:
1 - Phoebe and her journey as a baby vamp
2 - Marcus and his backstory/history through the American & French Revolutions, as both warmblood and vampire
3 - Diana and the trials raising her Bright Born twins
Though there is attempted cohesion between the 3 storylines, it’s not executed well. Each perspective would have benefited as their own novella with a bit more fleshing out (separate from my next point), because they just seem to go nowhere.
Secondly, this book suffers from almost too much detail of non-importance. I understand that Ms. Harkness is a historian and revels in describing European history, but it gets to the point of rambling sometimes that doesn’t lend to plot or character development.
Thirdly, what is up with Phoebe?! I felt a disservice to her characterization was made - I don’t remember her being so petulant, and making her so for the sake of being a “baby vamp” missed the mark.
First of all, it’s more like 3 stories in one that bounce around the following POVs:
1 - Phoebe and her journey as a baby vamp
2 - Marcus and his backstory/history through the American & French Revolutions, as both warmblood and vampire
3 - Diana and the trials raising her Bright Born twins
Though there is attempted cohesion between the 3 storylines, it’s not executed well. Each perspective would have benefited as their own novella with a bit more fleshing out (separate from my next point), because they just seem to go nowhere.
Secondly, this book suffers from almost too much detail of non-importance. I understand that Ms. Harkness is a historian and revels in describing European history, but it gets to the point of rambling sometimes that doesn’t lend to plot or character development.
Thirdly, what is up with Phoebe?! I felt a disservice to her characterization was made - I don’t remember her being so petulant, and making her so for the sake of being a “baby vamp” missed the mark.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism, War, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma
laineydunne's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
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