Reviews with content warning for Murder - Wrong Place Wrong Time

I was grasping between a 3.75 and a 4 stars for this book, but I finally settled on a 3.75/5 stars. I'm not going to lie for the first 90 or so pages I was STRUGGLING! Her writing and just the way she chose to portray the story wasn't working for me. I was really bored (close to dnfing bored), what made me continue was due to how much people liked this book online. And funny enough after the 90 or so pages it picked up for me that was until the 200 page mark. Then it got slowed again, but then picked up again (I was a rollercoaster when it came to this book, my goodness😅).

Once the story picked up, I found myself enjoying it overall, however, I do think it did drag on for many parts. I guessed some twists, but there were many times where I was shocked and it's been a while since a thriller shocked me. I really enjoyed the various depictions of Jen's love for her son. It was so endearing to read how much she cared for him. I also enjoyed the various interactions Jen has with Andy. Those were always so funny to read. The time travel stuff was also very interesting and fun to read about. Ultimately once you've finished this book you find out that it's low-key a love story.

Now although Ryan/Kelly ended up being a good guy in the end I still can't behind the fact that he lied to her for twenty years no matter what the reason was. And when she confronts him for the first time he completely gaslights her. I understand his reasoning but I still can't get behind it.

The ending was pretty anti-climatic to me and pretty unsatisfying.

Like the fact that she literally doesn't even remember her time travelling in the end annoyed me soooo much! And the fact she had to sacrifice the kidnapping versus convicting Joseph was odd to me. I thought the story was leading to the justification and figuring out why Todd kills him, but we can that explained within a few sentences. I would've preferred that honestly rather than the direction the author chose to take because now Joseph is alive and never put in prison which causes another time loop. Like what?! Then what was the point?

The book might as well have ended with "it was all a dream". Very annoying! Was not fond of the ending at all.

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maggiejean's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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kelseylian's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

I loved the portrayal of motherhood in this book. So many thoughts moments resonated with me; the overwhelming-mess of love for complex people, the struggles and difficulties and guilt of parenting, the little moments. Loved that the mystery was always undercut with this perspective of motherhood.

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purplenoodlepie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book made my jaw drop! You've never read a story like it! Go in blind like I did and buckle in for the ride.

This is low key a romance story ha ha

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miacorkum's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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theyellowbrickreader's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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moni8's review against another edition

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i didn’t like the way it was written and i just wanted to know the answer but it seemed to unnecessary to follow the plot bc it started to annoy me which like i get that she’s confused as fuck when she keeps waking up in the past but i don’t care about her stress and just want to know where the plot is going and just overall didn’t make sense and annoyed me at some points and didn’t grip me at all. in the end im happy that i didn’t finish it since it sounded kinda stupid but maybe it would’ve been better if i actually read it but idk i’m happy with my decision

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alisonannk's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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