Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

128 reviews

rceparski's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence

inhaledmocha's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A solid domestic thriller with a twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

justagir1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

greene_chelsea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The ending wasn’t my favorite ending to it but the story was good! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

To get the “bad” out of the way with first: I wasn’t really bought in/ hooked until about 25% in and I wish that the “twist” would have been bigger. When it finally came I was like “oh… okay, was that it?” I sort of kept waiting for some more shocking reveal as I kept reading. 
The good was that this was a fairly compelling story about family and uncovering the truth, no matter the cost. 
The concept is interesting - a woman witnesses a crime committed by a member of her family and gets stuck in a time loop, traveling back in time to understand why it happened in hopes of preventing it in the future. The plot being unique kept me intrigued and the last 50% sped by. It was a fast and fun read.
Not a super scary “keep you up at night” thriller, but a bit more of a psychological suspense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

helfire124's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

tally8967's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

I liked that the plot twists were things you could guess based on most of the clues you had. But at least in my case, they were clues you were unlikely to figure out exactly how they came together. The humour was great and so were the characters.

Honestly though I disliked how in the end she lost all her memory it was a bit cliche. And also her friend going through the time travelling thing in the last page I thought was a really weird choice personally.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

danie_faye's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping and Murder

pernillelsk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content and Terminal illness

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Great storytelling. I guessed the ending about midway through the book, and it was nice to see it all come together cohesively at the end. 

Admittedly, things all worked out too perfectly in the end to be believable (y'know, for a book about time travel/manipulation).

Biggest drawback is that I didn't care about the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder