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A review by i_love_big_books
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book was, in one word, brilliant!
Absolutely amazing the way it has been put together, especially the way the author has guarded her secrets so well that she manages to shock with each revelation. A feat that's most appreciated when you've read so many thrillers that seem to blend into one and wonder if you'll ever be surprised again! This one most definitely achieved that.
As it's one of those books that works best when you go in knowing the bare minimum, I'll refrain from saying much about the story except what's needed for context.
Jen is the mother of a just turned eighteen year old son and is waiting up for him one October night when he comes up the road and she is witness to a shocking crime. Trying to make some sense of what has happened, she falls into a disturbed sleep and wakes up the next morning... to find that she is once again at the beginning of the previous day and nothing bad has happened yet! Can she protect her son by figuring out what prompts him to do what he did and stopping it? That's the question she has to answer while grappling with the time loop she seems to be stuck in that seems tailored for her to find answers.
While all time travel books have me empathizing with the protagonist's position of trying to explain the impossible to those around her and cope with the inexplicable, I related very much to Jen, as the mother wondering what she could have done differently and questioning her every move and decision up to that point.
She both wants to know and dreads finding out.
That was a part of the book that I really liked.. the characters and the mutual relationships, especially that of Jen and her son Todd.
The intelligence of the plot is such that even if you put things together in places, you're wonderstruck at the links. I read it in a single day as I just could not imagine how it would all be resolved and at the end, it was so so satisfying to know, even if, conversely, I was sad that this absorbing read was over!
Absolutely amazing the way it has been put together, especially the way the author has guarded her secrets so well that she manages to shock with each revelation. A feat that's most appreciated when you've read so many thrillers that seem to blend into one and wonder if you'll ever be surprised again! This one most definitely achieved that.
As it's one of those books that works best when you go in knowing the bare minimum, I'll refrain from saying much about the story except what's needed for context.
Jen is the mother of a just turned eighteen year old son and is waiting up for him one October night when he comes up the road and she is witness to a shocking crime. Trying to make some sense of what has happened, she falls into a disturbed sleep and wakes up the next morning... to find that she is once again at the beginning of the previous day and nothing bad has happened yet! Can she protect her son by figuring out what prompts him to do what he did and stopping it? That's the question she has to answer while grappling with the time loop she seems to be stuck in that seems tailored for her to find answers.
While all time travel books have me empathizing with the protagonist's position of trying to explain the impossible to those around her and cope with the inexplicable, I related very much to Jen, as the mother wondering what she could have done differently and questioning her every move and decision up to that point.
She both wants to know and dreads finding out.
That was a part of the book that I really liked.. the characters and the mutual relationships, especially that of Jen and her son Todd.
The intelligence of the plot is such that even if you put things together in places, you're wonderstruck at the links. I read it in a single day as I just could not imagine how it would all be resolved and at the end, it was so so satisfying to know, even if, conversely, I was sad that this absorbing read was over!