Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Wrong Place, Wrong Time, by Gillian McAllister

13 reviews

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

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

wackly93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

katrinarose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Excellent mystery that kept me guessing with the solid character building and relationships of a literary fiction. There were some big twists I didn’t see coming which is impressive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Violence and Suicide

blackcoffeedaydreams's review against another edition

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

3.5

 I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and devoured it in a day and a half. I enjoyed the mystery and I am a sucker for time travel plots. As a mother, I found the overly blaming herself for what happens a bit hard to take but did feel the description of early days of motherhood relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Violence

chapterobsessed's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Started slow. Wasn’t my favorite, but it ended strong. 

The twists were shocking!! They definitely helped me enjoy the last 20%. 👌🏼

If you want a quick suspense that has a decent plot with multiple twists that will leave you shook, check it out. 

If you’re not a fan of time travel or repetitive situations, you can skip this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Violence and Suicide

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

The book started fine, but then I lost interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Violence and Suicide

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