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She may not know her amiable husband Kelley as well as she thinks, and son Todd may have known his victim better than he claims. It became an instant international bestseller, hitting the Sunday Times and Canadian Bestsellers list. But with lies, secrets, and hidden motivations, I ended up mostly loving Wrong Place Wrong Time apart from the slow burn start, leaving me wishing that the epilogue was a full-blown sequel.
Beginning about a third of the way in, each resulted in just enough of a shift to the storyline that I could no longer guess what was to come (and I definitely didn’t anticipate any of them). The author never committed to the time travel thing, never really explained how it happened, and there were massive plot holes related to this problematic (missing baby 20 years later? We know this because we're told many times, usually right after the characters say something mundane and awkward. All those moments, those interactions, those individuals you come across are unfolding at rocket speed on an almost predestined course. She witnesses him stab and kill a man, and Jen and her husband Kelly are horrified when Todd is arrested.This may end up on my best of the year list; it will certainly be one of my most enjoyable reading experiences. The explanation provided was quick and clever, and it allowed the focus to remain on the mystery where it should be. The entire concept of the book requires going back in time to various days to find out new information, that’s not dragging, that’s a book doing its job. I was really invested in the first half and started to get really bored in the second half, felt like the story was dragging on too long and made me lost interest.
This is a Groundhog Day thriller lived and told backwards, which is such an incredibly smart concept - but Wrong Place, Wrong Time is not just clever, it's heart-wrenching and full of emotion too. Jen finds herself living her worst nightmare when her teenage son, Todd, finds himself arrested for murdering a complete stranger. Because Jen is going back every single day, it’s hard to see the actual significance of her actions. I like the fact there are genre crossovers here and it works really well, deepening the mystery and sharpening the thrill element so much so you can’t put the book down.The following morning, Jen finds herself not on the morning after the crime, but the morning BEFORE it happened! Instead, we tend to fly through life in our own bubbles and then when the shoes drops, we're forced to react. You go back in time to observe an event that you caused that might have resulted in this unfortunate outcome. She quickly realizes that she is one day earlier, and each night when she goes to sleep she travels back at least one day, sometimes more.
Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow Publishing for the ARC of Wrong Place, Wrong Time in exchange for an honest review. A genre-defining masterpiece that turns everything you think you know about crime, family and memory on its head.
A brilliantly genre-bending, mind-twisting answer to the question, how far would you go to save your child?
This will be a great choice for those who want to read a different type of thriller written in an engaging manner.But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen travels back further in time, and faster, the concern arises as to not only whether she’ll be able to prevent the crime but also as to the possibility that her life will simply continue rewinding until she’s never even been born. La varietà e ricchezza dei riferimenti, sia letterari che cinematografici, trovo che sia un valore aggiunto. i enjoyed each little surprise along the way and thought jens relationship with her husband and son is quite wholesome.
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