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A review by obrienh717
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
1.0
I feel like i have so much to say about this book but also nothing? the twists were boring and predictable, there were so many commas.. i really almost marked this a DNF.
how many times in one book can a character say they love their child? or that their husband lied? this honestly could have been a short story. so many of the details are exactly the same every day. we get it, you think you were a horrible mom. we get it, your husband lied to you and you’ve been married for 20 years. there also seems to be so many plot points that were there just to take up space. pauline and connor? you won’t hear about them again until the end of the book and it just feels thrown in. towards the end, it was so repetitive that i was just scanning the pages for something i havent already read 35 times and i still understood the ending.
the concept is interesting enough, but there was absolutely nothing holding my attention, it just droned on and on with pointless descriptions and dialogue that felt so unnatural. there is absolutely nothing thrilling about this book, once she figures out why she is jumping back in time (which she does pretty early on but you never get an actual answer to the how) each new day is just her stumbling onto some answer that she had missed before because she knows what she is looking for, and it’s always so obvious what she’s going to find out that day.
it almost felt like the first half was a way to shame moms for having careers they’re committed to while their husband stays home?? like, all this woman talks about is how much she neglected her son’s life and interests because she’s a lawyer who works so much. i really don’t know, this book was a waste of my time.
how many times in one book can a character say they love their child? or that their husband lied? this honestly could have been a short story. so many of the details are exactly the same every day. we get it, you think you were a horrible mom. we get it, your husband lied to you and you’ve been married for 20 years. there also seems to be so many plot points that were there just to take up space. pauline and connor? you won’t hear about them again until the end of the book and it just feels thrown in. towards the end, it was so repetitive that i was just scanning the pages for something i havent already read 35 times and i still understood the ending.
the concept is interesting enough, but there was absolutely nothing holding my attention, it just droned on and on with pointless descriptions and dialogue that felt so unnatural. there is absolutely nothing thrilling about this book, once she figures out why she is jumping back in time (which she does pretty early on but you never get an actual answer to the how) each new day is just her stumbling onto some answer that she had missed before because she knows what she is looking for, and it’s always so obvious what she’s going to find out that day.
it almost felt like the first half was a way to shame moms for having careers they’re committed to while their husband stays home?? like, all this woman talks about is how much she neglected her son’s life and interests because she’s a lawyer who works so much. i really don’t know, this book was a waste of my time.