Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness

9 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

lamianoctalis's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

It isn't a must read but gives you an inside into Marcus past as well as more of Diana's and Matthew's dynamic with their family. I wasn't that interested in the Pheobe plotline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: War, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

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

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

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

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