Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

18 reviews

natgeographic's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual content and Kidnapping

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

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

samanthabryan34's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Cursing

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, Vomit, Infidelity, Grief, Cancer, Abandonment, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Car accident, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Mental illness

celestialg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A time-travel, wish fulfillment book that didn’t suck?! Unprecedented. I feel like I can’t write anything else without spoiling it so just trust me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Addiction

CW: language (for the American folks who get upset about the F word), witnessing a gory crime, drug use and dealing

amiegold's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

4.75

Wow, this book blew my mind!  Such a heart-wrenching and thrilling mystery.  Jen is a busy woman trying to be the perfect mother, lawyer and wife.  When she witnesses her son, Todd, murder a mysterious man, she is shocked and determined to understand why.  The force of her emotions literally change the course of time, and she begins to live life in reverse, waking up the day before the murder, and then slowly moving back in time and discovering more and more about the murdered man, her son and all of the secrets she never knew.  Incredible plot, this book drew me in from page 1!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Cursing, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping and Suicide

uncorkedthriller's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a completely different kind of thriller than I was used to reading. I honestly wasn’t sure if I would like the time travel aspect, but the storyline completely sucked me in. I felt for Jen’s predicament as a mother trying to protect her son. I would do anything to protect my son. So I could relate with her on that. 

I love her thought process, her honesty — her brutal honesty, and the fact she was so real and relatable. The only thing that I felt it lacked was consistency or clarity in timelines when switching from Jen’s POV to another. I felt like Jen’s timeline was clearly laid out, so I felt confused when Ryan’s timeline wasn’t so clear. However, the last 20% or so of the book was amazing and tied everything up completely. It’s probably one of the first perfectly tied up endings I’ve ever read. 

I will say if you enjoyed Groundhog’s day or another similar themed movie or book, then look no further than this one. You’ll enjoy it! 

So my question to you is: If you could go back in time to stop a murder would you?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5 Stars

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Death, Cursing, and Death of parent