Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

76 reviews

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

heather667's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Drug abuse

stephabee_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Blood

frogggirl2's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a fast-paced, compelling, unique thriller that I could not put down.  I like the speculative elements and what they teach this main character about the mystery, but more importantly what they teach her about herself and her family.  There's a lot of insightful rumination on motherhood here; being in the moment, guilt, the impact of a mother on a child, work balance, etc.  I like the multi-layered mysteries and how discovering the solution to one crime just uncovers more lies and more crimes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, and Death of parent

sthartsema's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

nisquah's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia and Kidnapping

Minor: Violence

elyhaumor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gaslighting

rishel's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

cardanrry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

throwback682's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I thought this book was really inventive and unique. I’m impressed by all the things the author must’ve had to keep track of to avoid plot holes in this format.

It was maybe a bit long or dragging at times but I think everything was also necessary? And it still kept my interest. I actually stayed up late because I had to know how it ended. 

What I didn’t really like:

1) I feel like this book was copaganda. The police are criticized for a large portion of the book but Surprise! in the end they were the good guys all along. 2) I didn’t love the way it focused a lot on “mom guilt”. (But that eventually resolved.)

I definitely didn’t expect the Ending (plot resolution) [well, part of it became clear over the course of the book, but part of it was a complete surprise to me at least] or the ending (epilogue).

(Which was kind of a cliffhanger)

I thought it was kind of neat that she forgets everything in the end.

Random silly observation: I love how the narrator did the American accent of the physicist lol. 

If you don’t mind following a complicated Memento-like plot, this is a really great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Sexual content